Sodium trimer

• Formula: Na₃
• Molecular weight: 68.96930784
• CAS Registry Number: 37279-42-8
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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron
B - John E. Bartmess

Electron affinity determinations

Ionization energy determinations

Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Data compiled by: Marilyn E. Jacox

State:   D

State:   C

State:   B

State:   2 ⁴E'

State:   A

State:   A'

State:   1 ⁴A₂'

State:   B,B'

State:   X

Additional references: Jacox, 1994, page 58; Jacox, 1998, page 160; Jacox, 2003, page 49; Broyer, Delacretaz, et al., 1988; Schreiber, Kobe, et al., 1995

Notes

References

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Vituccio, Golonzka, et al., 1997
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Higgins, J.; Ernst, W.E.; Callegari, C.; Reho, J.; Lehmann, K.K.; Scoles, G., Spin Polarized Alkali Clusters: Observation of Quartet States of the Sodium Trimer, Phys. Rev. Lett., 1996, 77, 22, 4532, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.4532 . [all data]

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Broyer, Delacretaz, et al., 1989, 2
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Broyer, Delacretaz, et al., 1989, 3
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Jacox, 1998
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Jacox, 2003
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Broyer, Delacretaz, et al., 1988
Broyer, M.; Delacretaz, G.; Guoquan, N.; Wolf, J.P.; Woste, L., Lifetimes and relaxation processes in electronically excited states of Na3, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1988, 145, 3, 232, https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614(88)80185-4 . [all data]

Schreiber, Kobe, et al., 1995
Schreiber, E.; Kobe, K.; Ruff, A.; Rutz, S.; Sommerer, G.; Woste, L., Ultrafast fragmentation probability of the Na3 C state, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1995, 242, 1-2, 106, https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614(95)00724-I . [all data]

Notes

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  EA	Electron affinity

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