niobium oxide
- Formula: NbO
- Molecular weight: 108.9058
- IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/Nb.O
- IUPAC Standard InChIKey: BFRGSJVXBIWTCF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- CAS Registry Number: 12034-57-0
- Chemical structure:
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Constants of diatomic molecules
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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: Klaus P. Huber and Gerhard H. Herzberg
Data collected through October, 1975
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| State | electronic state and / or symmetry symbol |
| Te | minimum electronic energy (cm-1) |
| ωe | vibrational constant – first term (cm-1) |
| ωexe | vibrational constant – second term (cm-1) |
| ωeye | vibrational constant – third term (cm-1) |
| Be | rotational constant in equilibrium position (cm-1) |
| αe | rotational constant – first term (cm-1) |
| γe | rotation-vibration interaction constant (cm-1) |
| De | centrifugal distortion constant (cm-1) |
| βe | rotational constant – first term, centrifugal force (cm-1) |
| re | internuclear distance (Å) |
| Trans. | observed transition(s) corresponding to electronic state |
| ν00 | position of 0-0 band (units noted in table) |
| State | Te | ωe | ωexe | ωeye | Be | αe | γe | De | βe | re | Trans. | ν00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G 4Σ- 1 | 21385.3 | 850.5 Z | 3.37 | 0.4001 1 | 0.0019 | 2.7E-7 | 1.7572 | G ↔ X R | 21316.2 Z | |||
| ↳Rao, 1950; missing citation; missing citation; missing citation; Singh and Shukla, 1972; Brom, Durham, et al., 1974 | ||||||||||||
| F | (20740) | (908) 2 | (4) | F ← X 2 | (20704) | |||||||
| ↳Brom, Durham, et al., 1974 | ||||||||||||
| D | (16640) | [(932)] 3 | D ← X 3 | (16618) | ||||||||
| ↳Brom, Durham, et al., 1974 | ||||||||||||
| C | (15580) | (904) 3 | (2) | C ← X 3 | (15544) | |||||||
| ↳Green, Korfmacher, et al., 1973; Brom, Durham, et al., 1974 | ||||||||||||
| State | Te | ωe | ωexe | ωeye | Be | αe | γe | De | βe | re | Trans. | ν00 |
| B | (15300) | (891) 3 | (4) | B ← X 3 | (15256) | |||||||
| ↳Brom, Durham, et al., 1974 | ||||||||||||
| E | (15270) | (847) 3 | E ← X 3 | (15206) | ||||||||
| ↳Brom, Durham, et al., 1974 | ||||||||||||
| A' | A' ← X 3 | (14467) | ||||||||||
| ↳Brom, Durham, et al., 1974 | ||||||||||||
| (13720) | [(899)] 3 | A ← X 3 | (13676) | |||||||||
| ↳Brom, Durham, et al., 1974 | ||||||||||||
| State | Te | ωe | ωexe | ωeye | Be | αe | γe | De | βe | re | Trans. | ν00 |
| X 4Σ- | 0 1 | 989.0 Z | 3.83 | 0.4321 1 | 0.0021 | 2.2E-7 | 1.6909 4 | |||||
| ↳Green, Korfmacher, et al., 1973; Brom, Durham, et al., 1974 | ||||||||||||
Notes
| 1 | The rotational analysis by Uhler, 1954 of seven bands in the G-X system assumed that they represent a 2Δ-2Δ transition. More recently, additional branches were found Richards, 1969, Dunn, 1972 having very wide nuclear hyperfine structure [b ~0.19 cm-1 Femenias, Athenour, et al., 1974, as compared to b ~0.165 cm-1 Brom, Durham, et al., 1974 from the matrix ESR spectrum Brom, Durham, et al., 1974]. The four branches of Uhler, 1954 probably represent the F2 and F3 components of the 4Σ- - 4Σ- transition. The rotational analysis by Rao, 1954 appears to be in error. |
| 2 | Only observed in a Ne matrix where the F state interacts with the nearby G 4Σ- state. |
| 3 | Absorption in rare gas matrices. Data are for Ne except for E←X which is only observed in Ar. So far, no satisfactory analysis was given for the complex systems of R shaded emission bands in the gas phase spectrum from 13300 to 18200 cm-1 Rao, 1950, Rao and Premaswarup, 1953, Gatterer, Junkes, et al., 1957*; see, however, Dunn, 1972, Femenias, Athenour, et al., 1974. |
| 4 | IR and ESR sp. 6 |
| 5 | Thermochemical value (mass-spectrometry Shchukarev, Semenov, et al., 1966). |
| 6 | In rare gas matrices. |
References
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Rao, 1950
Rao, V.R.,
The complex band spectrum of columbium oxide (the diatomic molecule CbO),
Indian J. Phys., 1950, 24, 35. [all data]
Singh and Shukla, 1972
Singh, P.D.; Shukla, M.M.,
Vibrational transition probabilities and r-centroids for some diatomic molecular band systems,
J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 1972, 12, 1249. [all data]
Brom, Durham, et al., 1974
Brom, J.M., Jr.; Durham, C.H., Jr.; Weltner, W., Jr.,
NbO molecule: ESR and optical spectra in enert matrices at 4°K; establishment of its ground electronic state as 4Σ,
J. Chem. Phys., 1974, 61, 970. [all data]
Green, Korfmacher, et al., 1973
Green, D.W.; Korfmacher, W.; Gruen, D.M.,
Infrared absorption spectra of isotopic NbN and NbO isolated in an Ar matrix,
J. Chem. Phys., 1973, 58, 404. [all data]
Uhler, 1954
Uhler, U.,
The blue band-system of niobium oxide,
Ark. Fys., 1954, 8, 265. [all data]
Richards, 1969
Richards, D.,
Thesis, Oxford, 1969, 1. [all data]
Dunn, 1972
Dunn, T.M.,
Nuclear Hyperfine Structure in the Electronic Spectra of Diatomic Molecules
in Molecular Spectroscopy: Modern Research, K.N. Rao and C.W. Mathews, ed(s)., Academic Press, 1972, 231-257. [all data]
Femenias, Athenour, et al., 1974
Femenias, J.L.; Athenour, C.; Stringat, R.,
Theoretical calculations of relative intensities in hyperfine diatomic transitions,
Can. J. Phys., 1974, 52, 361. [all data]
Rao, 1954
Rao, K.S.,
Rotational analysis of the columbium oxide bands,
Nature (London), 1954, 173, 1240. [all data]
Rao and Premaswarup, 1953
Rao, V.R.; Premaswarup, D.,
The complex band spectrum of the diatomic molecule CbO in the photographic infrared,
Indian J. Phys., 1953, 27, 399. [all data]
Gatterer, Junkes, et al., 1957
Gatterer, A.; Junkes, J.; Salpeter, E.W.,
Molecular spectra of metallic oxides, Specola Vaticana, Citta del Vaticano, 1957, 0. [all data]
Shchukarev, Semenov, et al., 1966
Shchukarev, S.A.; Semenov, G.A.; Frantseva, K.E.,
A thermodynamic study of the volatilisation of lower oxides of niobium,
Russ. J. Inorg. Chem. Engl. Transl., 1966, 11, 129, In original 233. [all data]
Notes
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