Calcium monofluoride


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 July, 1976

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 40Ca19F
StateTeωeωexeωeyeBeαeγeDeβereTrans.ν00
F 2Π 37547.8 681.7 H 3.55        F ↔ X V 37595.1 H
Fowler, 1941; Prasad and Narayan, 1969
E 2Σ+ 34134.6 646.3 H 3.24        E ↔ X V 34164.4 H
missing citation; Prasad and Narayan, 1969
D 2Σ+ 30771.9 650.7 H 2.89        D ← X V 30803.9 H
missing citation
C 2Π 30284.4 481.7 H 2.02        C ↔ X R 30232.1 H
Johnson, 1929; missing citation
30255.1 481.7 H 2.02        C ↔ X R 30202.8 H
Johnson, 1929; missing citation
StateTeωeωexeωeyeBeαeγeDeβereTrans.ν00
B 2Σ+ 18844.5 566.1 1 2.80  [(0.3361)] 2      B ↔ X 3 4 R 18834.2 (Z)
Johnson, 1929; missing citation
A 2Πr 16562.3 5 593.4 HQ 3.113 0.0051 0.3436 6 7 0.0028  (0.00000046)  1.952 A ↔ X 8 VR 16565.6 Z
Johnson, 1929; missing citation; Subbaram and Rao, 1969; Field, Harris, et al., 1975
16489.8 [586.8] Z 3.427 HQ 0.0619 0.3436 6 7 0.0028  (0.00000046)  1.952 A ↔ X 8 VR 16493.1 Z
Johnson, 1929; missing citation; Subbaram and Rao, 1969; Field, Harris, et al., 1975
X 2Σ+ 0 [581.1] Z 2.74 H  0.3385 0.0026  0.00000045  1.967 9  

Notes

1Recalculated from the heads of the 0-0 sequence using for the ground state the constants given in the table.
2Using data from Harvey, 1931 and Field, Harris, et al., 1975.
3Radiative lifetime τ(v=0) = 25.1 ns Dagdigian, Cruse, et al., 1974.
4Double heads on account of large spin-doubling in the upper state and high N values of the heads.
5A0 = +73.4.
6Λ-type doubling,Δνfe (2Π1/2) = -0.045(J+1/2).
7The possibility of predissociation above v=l6, as suggested by Hellwege, 1936, is now ruled out by the new value for D00.
8Radiative lifetime τ(v=0) = 20.2 ns Dagdigian, Cruse, et al., 1974.
9ESR sp. 11
10Thermochemical value (mass-spectrom.) Blue, Green, et al., 1963, Hildenbrand and Murad, 1966; 5.85 eV by flame photometry Ryabova and Gurvich, 1964.
11In rare gas matrices at 4K Knight, Easley, et al., 1971.

References

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Fowler, 1941
Fowler, C.A., Jr., New absorption spectra of the alkaline earth fluorides, Phys. Rev., 1941, 59, 645. [all data]

Prasad and Narayan, 1969
Prasad, S.C.; Narayan, M.K., Emission spectra of E-X and F-X systems of CaF, Indian J. Phys., 1969, 43, 205. [all data]

Johnson, 1929
Johnson, R.C., The band spectra of the alkaline earth halides. I. CaF, SrF, Proc. R. Soc. London A, 1929, 122, 161. [all data]

Subbaram and Rao, 1969
Subbaram, K.V.; Rao, D.R., New bands in the A-X systems of CaF, Indian J. Phys., 1969, 43, 312. [all data]

Field, Harris, et al., 1975
Field, R.W.; Harris, D.O.; Tanaka, T., Continuous wave dye laser excitation spectroscopy CaF A2Πr-X2Σ+1, J. Mol. Spectrosc., 1975, 57, 107. [all data]

Harvey, 1931
Harvey, A., Interpretation of the spectra of CaF and SrF, Proc. R. Soc. London A, 1931, 133, 336. [all data]

Dagdigian, Cruse, et al., 1974
Dagdigian, P.J.; Cruse, H.W.; Zare, R.N., Radiative lifetimes of the alkaline earth monohalides, J. Chem. Phys., 1974, 60, 2330. [all data]

Hellwege, 1936
Hellwege, K.-H., Zur kenntnis der bandenspektren von CaF und CaCl, Z. Phys., 1936, 100, 644. [all data]

Blue, Green, et al., 1963
Blue, G.D.; Green, J.W.; Bautista, R.G.; Margrave, J.L., The sublimation pressure of calcium(II) fluoride and the dissociation energy of calcium(I) fluoride, J. Phys. Chem., 1963, 67, 877. [all data]

Hildenbrand and Murad, 1966
Hildenbrand, D.L.; Murad, E., Mass-spectrometric determination of the dissociation energy of beryllium monofluoride, J. Chem. Phys., 1966, 44, 1524. [all data]

Ryabova and Gurvich, 1964
Ryabova, V.G.; Gurvich, L.V., Determination of dissociation energies of metal halides from equilibria in flames. 2. Dissociation energies of CaF, CaF2, SrF, and SrF2, High Temp. Engl. Transl., 1964, 2, 749, In original 834. [all data]

Knight, Easley, et al., 1971
Knight, L.B., Jr.; Easley, W.C.; Weltner, W., Jr., Hyperfine interaction and chemical bonding in MgF, CaF, SrF, and BaF molecules, J. Chem. Phys., 1971, 54, 322. [all data]


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