Uranium monoxide


Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
5.66EVALHuber and Herzberg, 1979LLK
5.6 ± 0.1EIRauh and Ackermann, 1974LLK
4.3 ± 1.5EIBlackburn and Danielson, 1972LLK
5.7 ± 0.4EIPattoret, Drowart, et al., 1968RDSH
5.72 ± 0.06EIMann, 1964RDSH
4.7 ± 0.6EIDeMaria, Burns, et al., 1960RDSH

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
U+13.4OEIGingerich and Lee, 1964RDSH

Constants of diatomic molecules

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

Data collected through June, 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 238U16O
StateTeωeωexeωeyeBeαeγeDeβereTrans.ν00
Very weak band structure in emission from an arc; no measurements.
Gatterer, Junkes, et al., 1957
X [820.0] 1           

Notes

1IR spectrum of U16O in Ar matrix at 15 K Carstens, Gruen, et al., 1972, Gabelnick, Reedy, et al., 1973. For U18O at 776.3 cm-1. Derived constants for U16O are ωe = 825.0, ωexe = 2.5.
2Thermochemical value (mass-spectrometry) Drowart, Pattoret, et al., 1967, Coppens, Smoes, et al., 1968, Pattoret, Drowart, et al., 1967.
3Electron impact appearance potential, average of two values Mann, 1964, Rauh and Ackermann, 1974.

References

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Huber and Herzberg, 1979
Huber, K.P.; Herzberg, G., Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure. IV. Constants of Diatomic Molecules,, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1979, ,1. [all data]

Rauh and Ackermann, 1974
Rauh, E.G.; Ackermann, R.J., First ionization potentials of some refractory oxide vapors, J. Chem. Phys., 1974, 60, 1396. [all data]

Blackburn and Danielson, 1972
Blackburn, P.E.; Danielson, P.M., Electron impact relative ionization cross sections fragmentation of U, UO, UO2, and UO3, J. Chem. Phys., 1972, 56, 6156. [all data]

Pattoret, Drowart, et al., 1968
Pattoret, A.; Drowart, J.; Smoes, S., Etudes thermodynamiques par spectrometrie de masse sur le systeme uranium-oxygene in Thermodyn. Nucl. Mater. Proc. Symp., 1967 Vienna, 1968, 613. [all data]

Mann, 1964
Mann, J.B., Ionization of U, UO, and UO2 by electron impact, J. Chem. Phys., 1964, 40, 1632. [all data]

DeMaria, Burns, et al., 1960
DeMaria, G.; Burns, R.P.; Drowart, J.; Inghram, M.G., Mass spectrometric study of gaseous molybdenum, tungsten, and uranium oxides, J. Chem. Phys., 1960, 32, 1373. [all data]

Gingerich and Lee, 1964
Gingerich, K.A.; Lee, P.K., Mass spectrometric study of the vaporization of uranium monophosphide, J. Chem. Phys., 1964, 40, 3520. [all data]

Gatterer, Junkes, et al., 1957
Gatterer, A.; Junkes, J.; Salpeter, E.W., Molecular spectra of metallic oxides, Specola Vaticana, Citta del Vaticano, 1957, 0. [all data]

Carstens, Gruen, et al., 1972
Carstens, D.H.W.; Gruen, D.M.; Kozlowski, J.F., Vibrational spectra of chemically sputtered uranium oxide molecules isolated in noble gas matrices, High Temp. Sci., 1972, 4, 436. [all data]

Gabelnick, Reedy, et al., 1973
Gabelnick, S.D.; Reedy, G.T.; Chasanov, M.G., The infrared spectrum of matrix-isolated uranium oxide vapor species, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1973, 19, 90. [all data]

Drowart, Pattoret, et al., 1967
Drowart, J.; Pattoret, A.; Smoes, S., Mass spectrometric studies of the vaporization of refractory compounds, Proc. Br. Ceram. Soc., 1967, 8, 67. [all data]

Coppens, Smoes, et al., 1968
Coppens, P.; Smoes, S.; Drowart, J., Mass spectrometric determination of the dissociation energy of the molecule BO, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1968, 64, 630. [all data]

Pattoret, Drowart, et al., 1967
Pattoret, A.; Drowart, J.; Smoes, S., Etudes thermodynamiques par spectrometrie de masse sur le systeme uranium-oxygene in Thermodynamics of nuclear materials (Proc. Symp. Thermodynamics, Vienna 1967), Publ. IAEA, Vienna, 1967, 613-636. [all data]


Notes

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