Silicon dimer

• Formula: Si₂
• Molecular weight: 56.1710
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/Si2/c1-2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: NTQGILPNLZZOJH-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 12597-35-2
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Gas Phase Heat Capacity (Shomate Equation)

C_p° = A + B*t + C*t² + D*t³ + E/t²
H° − H°_298.15= A*t + B*t²/2 + C*t³/3 + D*t⁴/4 − E/t + F − H
S° = A*ln(t) + B*t + C*t²/2 + D*t³/3 − E/(2*t²) + G
    C_p = heat capacity (J/mol*K)
    H° = standard enthalpy (kJ/mol)
    S° = standard entropy (J/mol*K)
    t = temperature (K) / 1000.

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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron
B - John E. Bartmess

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Electron affinity determinations

Ionization energy determinations

References

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Chase, 1998
Chase, M.W., Jr., NIST-JANAF Themochemical Tables, Fourth Edition, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, Monograph 9, 1998, 1-1951. [all data]

Peppernick, Gunaratne, et al., 2010
Peppernick, S.J.; Gunaratne, K.D.D.; Sayres, S.G.; Castleman, A.W., Photoelectron imaging of small silicon cluster anions, Si-n- (n=2-7), J. Chem. Phys., 2010, 132, 4, 044302, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3299271 . [all data]

Arnold, Kitsopoulos, et al., 1993
Arnold, C.C.; Kitsopoulos, T.N.; Neumark, D.M., Reassignment of the Si2(-) Photodetachment Spectra, J. Chem. Phys., 1993, 99, 1, 766, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.465757 . [all data]

Nimlos, Harding, et al., 1987
Nimlos, M.R.; Harding, L.B.; Ellison, G.B., The Electronic States of Si₂ and Si₂^- as Revealed by Photoelectron Spectroscopy, J. Chem. Phys., 1987, 87, 9, 5116, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.453679 . [all data]

Mandich, Bondybey, et al., 1987
Mandich, M.L.; Bondybey, V.E.; Reents, W.D., Reactive Etching of Positive and Negative Silicon Cluster Ions by Nitrogen Dioxide, J. Chem. Phys., 1987, 86, 7, 4245, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.451885 . [all data]

Winstead, Paukstis, et al., 1995
Winstead, C.B.; Paukstis, S.J.; Walters, J.L.; Gole, J.L., Multiphoton ionization of Ag₂: Assessment of a new excited electronic state and resolution of the Ag₂ ionization potential, J. Chem. Phys., 1995, 102, 1877. [all data]

Boo and Armentrout, 1987
Boo, B.H.; Armentrout, P.B., Reaction of silicon ion (2P) with silane (SiH₄, SiD₄) heats of formation of SiHn, SiHn⁺ (n=1,2,3), and Si₂Hn⁺ (n=0,1,2,3) remarkable isotope exchange reaction involving four hydrogen shifts, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1987, 109, 3549. [all data]

Verhaegen, Stafford, et al., 1964
Verhaegen, G.; Stafford, F.E.; Drowart, J., Mass spectrometric study of the systems boron-carbon and boron-carbon-silicon, J. Chem. Phys., 1964, 40, 1622. [all data]

Drowart, DeMaria, et al., 1958
Drowart, J.; DeMaria, G.; Inghram, M.G., Thermodynamic study of SiC utilizing a mass spectrometer, J. Chem. Phys., 1958, 29, 1015. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  EA	Electron affinity
  S°gas,1 bar	Entropy of gas at standard conditions (1 bar)
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions

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