Aluminum monoxide


Constants of diatomic molecules

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

Data collected through December, 1975

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 27Al16O
StateTeωeωexeωeyeBeαeγeDeβereTrans.ν00
F 2Σ+ [47677.3]    [0.5088]   [2.15E-6]  [1.8164] F → A R 41843.52 Z
missing citation
            41972.36 Z
missing citation
E 2Δi 45562 1 (503)   [0.4951]   [1.9E-6]  [1.8444] E ↔ A R 39979.81 Z
Coheur and Rosen, 1941; Tyte, 1967; missing citation; missing citation
45431 (503)   [0.4919]   [1.9E-6]  [1.8444] E ↔ A R 39977.17 Z
Coheur and Rosen, 1941; Tyte, 1967; missing citation; missing citation
StateTeωeωexeωeyeBeαeγeDeβereTrans.ν00
D 2 Σ+ 4 40266.7 819.6 Z 5.8  0.5652 2 0.0046 -0.00005 1.10E-6  1.7234 D → B 3 R (19552)
Prasad and Narayan, 1969
           D ↔ A V 34841.23 Z
Coheur and Rosen, 1941; Tyte, 1967; missing citation
           D ↔ A V 34970.09 Z
Coheur and Rosen, 1941; Tyte, 1967; missing citation
           D ↔ X R 40187.2 Z
missing citation; Tyte, 1967; Singh and Narasimham, 1969; missing citation; Singh, 1972; Tawde and Tulasigeri, 1972; Singh and Saksena, 1973
StateTeωeωexeωeyeBeαeγeDeβereTrans.ν00
C 2Πr 4 33153 856 H 6  5      (C → B) 6 RV (12457)
Goodlett and Innes, 1959; missing citation
33079  6  5      (C → B) 6 RV (12383)
Goodlett and Innes, 1959; missing citation
           C ↔ X R 33092
Coheur and Rosen, 1941; missing citation; Becart and Declerck, 1960; Tyte, 1967; missing citation; McDonald, Innes, et al., 1969
           C ↔ X R 33018
Coheur and Rosen, 1941; missing citation; Becart and Declerck, 1960; Tyte, 1967; missing citation; McDonald, Innes, et al., 1969
StateTeωeωexeωeyeBeαeγeDeβereTrans.ν00
B 2Σ+ 9 20688.95 870.05 Z 3.52  0.60408 7 0.00447  1.16E-6  1.6670 B ↔ X 8 R 20635.22 Z
Pomeroy, 1927; missing citation; missing citation; missing citation; missing citation; Shimauchi, 1958; Loginov, 1959; Nicholls, 1962; Tawde and Korwar, 1962; Becart and Mahieu, 1963; missing citation; missing citation; Sharma, 1967; Tyte, 1967; Prasad and Narayan, 1969; missing citation; Knight and Weltner, 1971; Gole and Zare, 1972; Liszt and Smith, 1972
A 2Πi 5470.6 10 728.5 H 4.15  [0.5374] 11 12   [1.1E-6]  [1.7708] A ↔ X 13 R 5346
Knight and Weltner, 1971; Rosenwaks, Steele, et al., 1975
5341.7 728.5 H 4.15  [0.5333] 12   [1.1E-6]  [1.7708] A ↔ X 13 R 5217
Knight and Weltner, 1971; Rosenwaks, Steele, et al., 1975
X 2Σ+ 9 0 979.23 Z 6.97  0.64136 14 15 0.00580  1.08E-6 16  1.6179 17  

Notes

1A0 = -64.8.
2Spin splitting constant γ = +0.0060 Mahieu, Jacquinot, et al., 1975.
3Uncertain observation. See also Schamps, 1973.
4Theoretical calculations concerning these states in Schamps, 1973.
5Rotational constants in Goodlett and Innes, 1959 are unreliable; see McDonald, Innes, et al., 1969. Perturbations.
6missing note
7Spin splitting constant γ = -0.0074 Mahieu, Jacquinot, et al., 1975, disagreeing with +0.020 in Lagerqvist, Nilsson, et al., 1956, Goodlett and Innes, 1959.
8Radiative lifetime τ=102 ns Dagdigian, Cruse, et al., 1975, τ=127 ns Johnson, Capelle, et al., 1972. The corresponding B-X oscillator strengths, f00 = 0.027 and f00 = 0.021, resp., are compared in Dagdigian, Cruse, et al., 1975 with additional experimental and theoretical Michels, 1972, Yoshimine, McLean, et al., 1973 results. Relative b. strengths Linton and Nicholls, 1969.
9Theoretica1 calculations concerning these states Yoshimine, McLean, et al., 1973, Das, Janis, et al., 1974.
10A0 = -127.8.
11Λ-type doubling. Δvfe = -0.0128(J+1/2).
12Slightly different constants in Singh, 1973.
13Theoretica1 oscillator strengths in Yoshimine, McLean, et al., 1973.
14Spin splitting constant γ0 = +0.0050 Mahieu, Jacquinot, et al., 1975, smaller than earlier values Lagerqvist, Nilsson, et al., 1956, Goodlett and Innes, 1959 and in better agreement with ESR Knight and Weltner, 1971 and theoretical Mahieu, Jacquinot, et al., 1975 results.
15Perturbations Rosen, 1945, Shimauchi, 1958 by A 2Πi McDonald and Innes, 1969.
16missing note
17IR 21 and ESR 22 sp.
18Lower limit from the laser fluorescence study of AlO formed in the reaction Al+O2 Dagdigian, Cruse, et al., 1975, upper limit from the re-interpretation McDonald and Innes, 1969, Drowart, 1973 of the long-wavelength limit of an absorption continuum Tyte, 1967. Good agreement with the most recent mass-spectrometric results Farber, Srivastava, et al., 1972, Hildenbrand, 1973; slightly lower value by flame photometry Frank and Krauss, 1974. Further references reviewed in Dagdigian, Cruse, et al., 1975.
19Electron impact appearance potential Drowart, DeMaria, et al., 1960, Burns, 1966, Hildenbrand, 1973.
20Uncertain identification Tyte, 1964. See also Schamps, 1973.
21Absorption f-number for the IR fundamental band 0.000033 Sulzmann, 1975. Theoretical values in Yoshimine, McLean, et al., 1973, Das, Janis, et al., 1974, Sulzmann, 1975.
22In rare gas matrices at 4 K Knight and Weltner, 1971.

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.

Coheur and Rosen, 1941
Coheur, F.P.; Rosen, B., Le spectre de bandes de l'oxyde d'aluminium, Bull. Soc. R. Sci. Liege, 1941, 10, 405. [all data]

Tyte, 1967
Tyte, D.C., The dissociation energy of aluminium monoxide, Proc. Phys. Soc. London, 1967, 92, 1134. [all data]

Prasad and Narayan, 1969
Prasad, S.C.; Narayan, M.K., New bands of AlO in the visible region, Indian J. Pure Appl. Phys., 1969, 7, 413. [all data]

Singh and Narasimham, 1969
Singh, M.; Narasimham, N.A., Isotope shift studies of the visible and ultra-violet bands of AlO, J. Phys. B:, 1969, 2, 119. [all data]

Singh, 1972
Singh, G.C., Morse Franck-Condon factors and r-centroids for some bands of AlO(C2Σ+-X2Σ+), AuBe(A1/2-X2Σ+) and BiO(B4Σ+-X2Π1/2) systems, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 1972, 12, 1343. [all data]

Tawde and Tulasigeri, 1972
Tawde, N.R.; Tulasigeri, V.G., Franck-Condon factors and r centroids of the 2Σ+-x2Σ+ band system of AlO using RKR potentials, J. Phys. B:, 1972, 5, 1681. [all data]

Singh and Saksena, 1973
Singh, M.; Saksena, M.D., The D2Σ+-X2Σ+ system of AlO, Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. Sect. A, 1973, 77, 139. [all data]

Goodlett and Innes, 1959
Goodlett, V.W.; Innes, K.K., Hollow-Cathode emission of the AlO spectrum, Nature (London), 1959, 183, 243. [all data]

Becart and Declerck, 1960
Becart, M.; Declerck, F., Spectre de bandes de l'oxyde d'aluminium, Compt. Rend., 1960, 251, 2153. [all data]

McDonald, Innes, et al., 1969
McDonald, J.K.; Innes, K.K.; Goodlett, V.W.; Tolbert, T.W., A regular 2Π state of the AlO molecule, J. Mol. Spectrosc., 1969, 32, 511. [all data]

Pomeroy, 1927
Pomeroy, W.C., The quantum analysis of the band spectrum of aluminium oxide (λ5200-λ4650), Phys. Rev., 1927, 29, 59. [all data]

Shimauchi, 1958
Shimauchi, M., Arc spectra of pure aluminum in various gases, Sci. Light (Tokyo), 1958, 7, 101. [all data]

Loginov, 1959
Loginov, V.A., Production of the absorption spectrum of AlO by the method of electrically exploding a wire in air at atmospheric pressure, Opt. Spectrosc. Engl. Transl., 1959, 6, 67, In original 111. [all data]

Nicholls, 1962
Nicholls, R.W., Franck-Condon factors to high vibrational quantum numbers II: SiO, MgO, SrO, AlO, VO, NO, J. Res. Nat. Bur. Stand. Sect. A, 1962, 66, 227. [all data]

Tawde and Korwar, 1962
Tawde, N.R.; Korwar, V.M., Franck-Condon factors and r-centroids for the aluminium monoxide A2Σ+ - X2Σ+ band system, Proc. Phys. Soc. London, 1962, 80, 794. [all data]

Becart and Mahieu, 1963
Becart, M.; Mahieu, J.-M., Spectre de bandes de l'oxyde d'aluminium, Compt. Rend., 1963, 256, 5533. [all data]

Sharma, 1967
Sharma, A., The true potential energy curves of X2Σ and A2Σ states of the AlO molecule, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 1967, 7, 283. [all data]

Knight and Weltner, 1971
Knight, L.B., Jr.; Weltner, W., Jr., ESR and optical spectroscopy of the A1O molecule at 4°K; observation of an Al complex and its interaction with krypton, J. Chem. Phys., 1971, 55, 5066. [all data]

Gole and Zare, 1972
Gole, J.L.; Zare, R.N., Determination of D00(AlO) from crossed-beam chemiluminescence of Al + O3, J. Chem. Phys., 1972, 57, 5331. [all data]

Liszt and Smith, 1972
Liszt, H.S.; Smith, W.H., RKR Franck-Condon factors for blue and ultraviolet transitions of some molecules of astrophysical interest and some comments on the interstellar abundance of CH, CH+, and SiH, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 1972, 12, 947. [all data]

Rosenwaks, Steele, et al., 1975
Rosenwaks, S.; Steele, R.E.; Broida, H.P., Chemiluminescence of AlO, J. Chem. Phys., 1975, 63, 1963. [all data]

Mahieu, Jacquinot, et al., 1975
Mahieu, J.M.; Jacquinot, D.; Schamps, J.; Hall, J.A., Spin doubling in the observed 2Σ+ states of AlO, J. Phys. B:, 1975, 8, 308. [all data]

Schamps, 1973
Schamps, J., The energy spectrum of aluminium monoxide, Chem. Phys., 1973, 2, 352. [all data]

Lagerqvist, Nilsson, et al., 1956
Lagerqvist, A.; Nilsson, N.E.L.; Barrow, R.F., On a supposed predissociation in the spectrum of AlO, Proc. Phys. Soc. London Sect. A, 1956, 69, 356. [all data]

Dagdigian, Cruse, et al., 1975
Dagdigian, P.J.; Cruse, H.W.; Zare, R.N., Laser fluorescence study of AlO formed in the reaction Al + O2: product state distribution, dissociation energy, and radiative lifetime, J. Chem. Phys., 1975, 62, 1824. [all data]

Johnson, Capelle, et al., 1972
Johnson, S.E.; Capelle, G.; Broida, H.P., Laser excited fluorescence and radiative lifetimes of AlO (B2Σ+ - X2Σ+), J. Chem. Phys., 1972, 56, 663. [all data]

Michels, 1972
Michels, H.H., Ab initio calculation of the B2Σ+-X2+ oscillator strengths in A1O, J. Chem. Phys., 1972, 56, 665. [all data]

Yoshimine, McLean, et al., 1973
Yoshimine, M.; McLean, A.D.; Liu, B., Band strengths for electric dipole transitions from ab initio computation: LiO (X2Π-X2Π, (A2Σ+-A2Σ+), (X2Π-A2Σ+); AlO (X2Σ+-X2Σ+), (A2Π-A2Π), (X2Σ+-A2Π), (B2Σ+-B2Σ+), (X2Σ+-B2Σ+), J. Chem. Phys., 1973, 58, 4412. [all data]

Linton and Nicholls, 1969
Linton, C.; Nicholls, R.W., Relative band strengths for the AlO blue-green system, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 1969, 9, 1. [all data]

Das, Janis, et al., 1974
Das, G.; Janis, T.; Wahl, A.C., Ground and excited states of the diatoms CN and A1O, J. Chem. Phys., 1974, 61, 1274. [all data]

Singh, 1973
Singh, M., A new electronic transition F2Σ+-A2Πi of AlO, J. Phys. B:, 1973, 6, 521. [all data]

Rosen, 1945
Rosen, B., Special cases of predissociation, Phys. Rev., 1945, 68, 124. [all data]

McDonald and Innes, 1969
McDonald, J.K.; Innes, K.K., A low-lying excited electronic state of the AlO molecule and the ground-state dissociation energy, J. Mol. Spectrosc., 1969, 32, 501. [all data]

Drowart, 1973
Drowart, Private communication cited in Huber and Herzberg, 1979, 1973, 31. [all data]

Farber, Srivastava, et al., 1972
Farber, M.; Srivastava, R.D.; Uy, O.M., Mass spectrometric determination of the thermodynamic properties of the vapour species from alumina, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 1, 1972, 68, 249. [all data]

Hildenbrand, 1973
Hildenbrand, D.L., Dissociation energies of the molecules AlO and Al2O, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1973, 20, 127. [all data]

Frank and Krauss, 1974
Frank, P.; Krauss, L., Spektroskopische Bestimmung der Dissoziationsenergie von AlO aus Gleichgewichtsmessungen in Flammen, Z. Naturforsch. A, 1974, 29, 742. [all data]

Drowart, DeMaria, et al., 1960
Drowart, J.; DeMaria, G.; Burns, R.P.; Inghram, M.G., Thermodynamic study of Al2O3 using a mass spectrometer, J. Chem. Phys., 1960, 32, 1366. [all data]

Burns, 1966
Burns, R.P., Systematics of the evaporation coefficient Al2O3, Ga2O3, In2O3, J. Chem. Phys., 1966, 44, 3307. [all data]

Tyte, 1964
Tyte, D.C., Red (B2Π-A2Σ) band system of aluminium monoxide, Nature (London), 1964, 202, 383. [all data]

Sulzmann, 1975
Sulzmann, K.G.P., Shock-tube measurements of the f-number for the fundamental vibration-rotation bands of AlO in the X2Σ+ electronic ground-state, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 1975, 15, 313. [all data]

Huber and Herzberg, 1979
Huber, K.P.; Herzberg, G., Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure. IV. Constants of Diatomic Molecules, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, 1979, 716. [all data]


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