Magnesium monohydride


Constants of diatomic molecules

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Data compiled by: Klaus P. Huber and Gerhard H. Herzberg

Data collected through March, 1977

Symbols used in the table of constants
SymbolMeaning
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)
Diatomic constants for 24MgH
StateTeωeωexeωeyeBeαeγeDeβereTrans.ν00
Unidentified line structure at 42570 cm-1 [em. and abs., Guntsch, 1934 Guntsch, 1935 Turner and Harris, 1937 Guntsch, 1939] and 43180 - 43520 cm-1 [abs., Khan, 1962].
I (2Π)     [5.96]   [2E-4]  [1.710] I ← X V 47997.6 Z
Khan, 1962
H (2Σ+) 1           H ← X R 47543 (Z)
Khan, 1962
G (2Σ+) 2           G ← X V 46082 (Z)
Khan, 1962
StateTeωeωexeωeyeBeαeγeDeβereTrans.ν00
D 2Σ- (42065) (1630) 3   [6.296] 4   [3.8E-4]  [1.664] D → A V 22861.5 5
Guntsch, 1937; Guntsch, 1939
C 2Π(r) (41164) 6 [1623.4] Z   6.161 7 0.144  3.0E-4  1.682 C → A 21956.5 5
Pearse, 1929; Guntsch, 1934; Guntsch, 1937, 2; Guntsch, 1939
           C ↔ X V 41235.9 Z
missing citation; Guntsch, 1935; Grundstrom, 1936; Guntsch, 1937, 2; Turner and Harris, 1937; Guntsch, 1939; missing citation
E 2Σ+ (35568) [1444.8] Z 8  6.23 0.30 9  [3.3E-4] 10  1.673 E ← X VR 35550.6 Z
Khan, 1961; missing citation; Balfour and Cartwright, 1975
StateTeωeωexeωeyeBeαeγeDeβereTrans.ν00
B' 2Σ+ 22410.5 828.0 Z 11.6 11  [2.596] 12  1.2E-4 0.13E-4 2.597 B' → X R 22081.9 Z
Balfour and Cartwright, 1975; Balfour and Cartwright, 1976
A 2Πr 19226.8 13 1598.17 Z 31.085 14 -0.633 6.1913 0.1931 15 0.0005 3.60E-4 16  1.6778 A ↔ X 17 18 V 19278.4 5
Guntsch, 1937; Guntsch, 1939; Balfour, 1970; Balfour, 1970, 2; Balfour and Cartwright, 1976, 2
X 2Σ+ 0 1495.20 Z 31.889 19 0.384 5.8257 0.1859 20  3.44E-4 16  1.7297 21  
Knight and Weltner, 1971

Notes

1R shaded band with head at 2100 Å.
2V shaded band with head at 2172 Å.
3Estimated from w2 = 4B3/D and from the observed isotope shift of the 0-0 band.
4Spin doubling. |γ| = 0.01.
5Average of the two subband origins Guntsch, 1939.
6A0 = (+)3.7; Balfour, 1970, 2 gives -3.7, but his arguments are not conclusive.
7The P and R branches of the C→X, 0-0 band break off above N' = 10; bands with v'>0 have Q branches only. The predissociation is caused by B' 2Σ+; see Balfour and Cartwright, 1975.
8ΔG(3/2)= 1490. The v=2 level was formerly believed to be v=0 of a new 2Σ state (B 2Σ+), see Grundstrom, 1936, Grundstrom, 1936, 2, Guntsch, 1938, Guntsch, 1939. Similarly, Khan, 1961 assigned the 1-0 band as 0-0 of a new system F←X.
9B2 = 5.448; see 8. Transitions to v=1 are discrete but those to v=2 are diffuse indicating that the state causing the predissociation [B' 2Σ+, see Balfour and Cartwright, 1975] crosses the E state potential curve between v=1 and 2. Emissions from v=2 has been observed at high pressure.
10D1 = 4.0E-4; D2 = 2.71E-4; H2 = +8.6E-8; (see 8).
11The equilibrium constants in Balfour and Cartwright, 1976 do not reproduce the observed intervals, probably owing to an error in ωeze. De ~ 10900 cm-1 Balfour and Cartwright, 1976
12Bv(v=1,2,3,4...9) = 2.605, 2.618, 2.608, 2.592, ... 2.419; Be = 2.585, but the higher order constants of Balfour and Cartwright, 1976 do no reproduce their data. Small perturbations by A 2Π. RKR potential curve Balfour and Cartwright, 1976. See also Sink, Bandrauk, et al., 1976.
13A0= +35.3 Balfour, 1970, 2
14These constants (for v≤3) have been recalculated from the three ΔG values obtained by Balfour and Cartwright, 1976, 2; the equilibrium constants determined by Balfour and Cartwright, 1976, 2 do not reproduce their data. De ~ 14200 cm-1 Balfour and Cartwright, 1976, 2.
15Small perturbations by B' 2Σ+.
16Dv increases rapidly with v.
17Oscillator strength f00= 0.257 [see Balfour and Cartwright, 1976, 2 and references given there], much larger than the earlier experimental value of Main, Carlson, et al., 1967.
18 Balfour, 1970 has measured the 0-0 and 0-1 bnads of 25MgH and 26MgH; see also Branch, 1970, Boyer, 1971.
19ωeze= -0.113 Balfour and Cartwright, 1976, 2; De0 ~ 11700 cm-1 Balfour and Cartwright, 1976, 2.
20+0.00393(v+1/2)2 - 0.00123(v+1/2)3. The last term was not reported by Balfour and Cartwright, 1976, 2 but must be included for a satisfactory fit to their data (v=0...6).
21ESR sp. 23
22From extrapolations of the vibrational levels in X, A and B'. Close agreement with the theoretical value of Meyer and Rosmus, 1975, D0 = 1.25 eV.
23In Ar matrices at 4K.

References

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Guntsch, 1934
Guntsch, A., Uber das bandenspektrum des magnesiumhydrids, Z. Phys., 1934, 87, 312. [all data]

Guntsch, 1935
Guntsch, A., Uber das ultraviolette bandenspektrum des magnesiumhydrids und magnesiumdeutrids, Z. Phys., 1935, 93, 534. [all data]

Turner and Harris, 1937
Turner, L.A.; Harris, W.T., The ultraviolet bands of magnesium hydride, Phys. Rev., 1937, 52, 626. [all data]

Guntsch, 1939
Guntsch, Dissertation, Stockholm, 1939, 1. [all data]

Khan, 1962
Khan, M.A., MgH bands at 2172, 2100 and 2088 Å and MgD bands at 2172, 2358 and 2364 A, Proc. Phys. Soc. London, 1962, 80, 209. [all data]

Guntsch, 1937
Guntsch, A., Neue untersuchungen uber das bandenspektrum des magnesiumhydrids, Z. Phys., 1937, 104, 584. [all data]

Pearse, 1929
Pearse, R.W.B., The ultra-violet spectrum of magnesium hydride. 1. The band at λ2430, Proc. R. Soc. London A, 1929, 122, 442. [all data]

Guntsch, 1937, 2
Guntsch, A., Uber einige neue banden des magnesiumhydrids, Z. Phys., 1937, 107, 420. [all data]

Grundstrom, 1936
Grundstrom, Dissertation, Stockholm, 1936, 0. [all data]

Khan, 1961
Khan, M.A., MgH and MgD bands at 2819 Å and 2702 Å, Proc. Phys. Soc. London, 1961, 77, 1133. [all data]

Balfour and Cartwright, 1975
Balfour, W.J.; Cartwright, H.M., Low-lying electronic states of magnesium hydride, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1975, 32, 82. [all data]

Balfour and Cartwright, 1976
Balfour, W.J.; Cartwright, H.M., The B'2Σ+ → X2Σ+ systems of MgH and MgD, Can. J. Phys., 1976, 54, 1898. [all data]

Balfour, 1970
Balfour, W.J., The A2Π → X2Σ+ systems of 24MgH, 25MgH, and 26MgH, Astrophys. J., 1970, 162, 1031. [all data]

Balfour, 1970, 2
Balfour, W.J., The electronic spectrum of magnesium hydride and magnesium deuteride, J. Phys. B:, 1970, 3, 1749. [all data]

Balfour and Cartwright, 1976, 2
Balfour, W.J.; Cartwright, H.M., The A2Π-X2Σ+ system and dissociation energy of magnesiun hydride, Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser., 1976, 26, 389. [all data]

Knight and Weltner, 1971
Knight, L.B., Jr.; Weltner, W., Jr., Hyperfine interaction and chemical bonding in MgH, CaH, SrH, and BaH molecules, J. Chem. Phys., 1971, 54, 3875. [all data]

Grundstrom, 1936, 2
Grundstrom, B., Absorption spectrum of magnesium hydride in the ultra-violet, Nature (London), 1936, 131, 108. [all data]

Guntsch, 1938
Guntsch, A., Druckeffekt in der magnesiumhydridbande bei λ2590 Å, Z. Phys., 1938, 110, 549. [all data]

Sink, Bandrauk, et al., 1976
Sink, M.L.; Bandrauk, A.D.; Henneker, W.H.; Lefebvre-Brion, H.; Raseev, G., Theoretical study of the low-lying electronic states of MgH, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1976, 39, 505. [all data]

Main, Carlson, et al., 1967
Main, R.P.; Carlson, D.J.; DuPuis, R.A., Measurement of oscillator strengths of the MgO(B1Σ+ - X1Σ+) and MgH(A2Π - X2Σ+) band systems, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 1967, 7, 805. [all data]

Branch, 1970
Branch, D., Isotopes of magnesium in the sun, Astrophys. J., 1970, 159, 39. [all data]

Boyer, 1971
Boyer, R., Isotopic lines of the MgH molecule, Astron. Astrophys., 1971, 12, 464. [all data]

Meyer and Rosmus, 1975
Meyer, W.; Rosmus, P., PNO-Cl and CEPA studies of electron correlation effects. III. Spectroscopic constants and dipole moment functions for the ground states of the first-row and second-row diatomic hydrides, J. Chem. Phys., 1975, 63, 2356. [all data]


Notes

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