Dialuminum
- Formula: Al2
- Molecular weight: 53.9630772
- IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/2Al
- IUPAC Standard InChIKey: QSDQMOYYLXMEPS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- CAS Registry Number: 32752-94-6
- Chemical structure:
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Constants of diatomic molecules
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Data compiled by: Klaus P. Huber and Gerhard H. Herzberg
Data collected through November, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A 3Σu- | 17269.36 | 278.8 1 H | 0.831 | -0.0104 | 0.1907 | 0.0013 | 3.9E-7 | 2.560 | A → X R | 17234.05 H | ||
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| X 3Σg- | 0 | 350.01 1 H | 2.022 | -0.0105 | 0.2054 | 0.0012 | 3.07E-7 | 2.466 | ||||
Notes
| 1 | From Zeeman, 1954 who wrongly attributed the spectrum to AlC. |
| 2 | Thermochemical value (mass spectrom.) Stearns and Kohl, 1973. Values in Blue and Gingerich, 1968, Uy and Drowart, 1971 are somewhat higher. |
References
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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.
Zeeman, 1954
Zeeman, P.B.,
Spectrum of the AlC molecule,
Can. J. Phys., 1954, 32, 9. [all data]
Stearns and Kohl, 1973
Stearns, C.A.; Kohl, F.J.,
Mass spectrometric determination of the dissociation energies of gaseous Al2, AlSi, and AlSiO,
High Temp. Sci., 1973, 5, 113. [all data]
Blue and Gingerich, 1968
Blue; Gingerich,
16th Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics - Paper 129, Pittsburgh, 1968, 0. [all data]
Uy and Drowart, 1971
Uy, O.M.; Drowart, J.,
Determination by the mass spectrometric Knudsen cell method of the atomization energies of the gaseous aluminium chalcogenides, Al2, AlCu, AlCuS, and AlCuS2,
Trans. Faraday Soc., 1971, 67, 1293. [all data]
Notes
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