niobium oxide


Constants of diatomic molecules

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

Data collected through October, 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 93Nb16O
StateTeωeωexeωeyeBeαeγeDeβereTrans.ν00
G 4Σ- 1 21385.3 850.5 Z 3.37  0.4001 1 0.0019  2.7E-7  1.7572 G ↔ X R 21316.2 Z
Rao, 1950; missing citation; missing citation; missing citation; Singh and Shukla, 1972; Brom, Durham, et al., 1974
F (20740) (908) 2 (4)        F ← X 2 (20704)
Brom, Durham, et al., 1974
D (16640) [(932)] 3         D ← X 3 (16618)
Brom, Durham, et al., 1974
C (15580) (904) 3 (2)        C ← X 3 (15544)
Green, Korfmacher, et al., 1973; Brom, Durham, et al., 1974
StateTeωeωexeωeyeBeαeγeDeβereTrans.ν00
B (15300) (891) 3 (4)        B ← X 3 (15256)
Brom, Durham, et al., 1974
E (15270) (847) 3         E ← X 3 (15206)
Brom, Durham, et al., 1974
A'           A' ← X 3 (14467)
Brom, Durham, et al., 1974
(13720) [(899)] 3         A ← X 3 (13676)
Brom, Durham, et al., 1974
StateTeωeωexeωeyeBeαeγeDeβereTrans.ν00
X 4Σ- 0 1 989.0 Z 3.83  0.4321 1 0.0021  2.2E-7  1.6909 4  
Green, Korfmacher, et al., 1973; Brom, Durham, et al., 1974

Notes

1The rotational analysis by Uhler, 1954 of seven bands in the G-X system assumed that they represent a 2Δ-2Δ transition. More recently, additional branches were found Richards, 1969, Dunn, 1972 having very wide nuclear hyperfine structure [b ~0.19 cm-1 Femenias, Athenour, et al., 1974, as compared to b ~0.165 cm-1 Brom, Durham, et al., 1974 from the matrix ESR spectrum Brom, Durham, et al., 1974]. The four branches of Uhler, 1954 probably represent the F2 and F3 components of the 4Σ- - 4Σ- transition. The rotational analysis by Rao, 1954 appears to be in error.
2Only observed in a Ne matrix where the F state interacts with the nearby G 4Σ- state.
3Absorption in rare gas matrices. Data are for Ne except for E←X which is only observed in Ar. So far, no satisfactory analysis was given for the complex systems of R shaded emission bands in the gas phase spectrum from 13300 to 18200 cm-1 Rao, 1950, Rao and Premaswarup, 1953, Gatterer, Junkes, et al., 1957*; see, however, Dunn, 1972, Femenias, Athenour, et al., 1974.
4IR and ESR sp. 6
5Thermochemical value (mass-spectrometry Shchukarev, Semenov, et al., 1966).
6In rare gas matrices.

References

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Rao, 1950
Rao, V.R., The complex band spectrum of columbium oxide (the diatomic molecule CbO), Indian J. Phys., 1950, 24, 35. [all data]

Singh and Shukla, 1972
Singh, P.D.; Shukla, M.M., Vibrational transition probabilities and r-centroids for some diatomic molecular band systems, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 1972, 12, 1249. [all data]

Brom, Durham, et al., 1974
Brom, J.M., Jr.; Durham, C.H., Jr.; Weltner, W., Jr., NbO molecule: ESR and optical spectra in enert matrices at 4°K; establishment of its ground electronic state as 4Σ, J. Chem. Phys., 1974, 61, 970. [all data]

Green, Korfmacher, et al., 1973
Green, D.W.; Korfmacher, W.; Gruen, D.M., Infrared absorption spectra of isotopic NbN and NbO isolated in an Ar matrix, J. Chem. Phys., 1973, 58, 404. [all data]

Uhler, 1954
Uhler, U., The blue band-system of niobium oxide, Ark. Fys., 1954, 8, 265. [all data]

Richards, 1969
Richards, D., Thesis, Oxford, 1969, 1. [all data]

Dunn, 1972
Dunn, T.M., Nuclear Hyperfine Structure in the Electronic Spectra of Diatomic Molecules in Molecular Spectroscopy: Modern Research, K.N. Rao and C.W. Mathews, ed(s)., Academic Press, 1972, 231-257. [all data]

Femenias, Athenour, et al., 1974
Femenias, J.L.; Athenour, C.; Stringat, R., Theoretical calculations of relative intensities in hyperfine diatomic transitions, Can. J. Phys., 1974, 52, 361. [all data]

Rao, 1954
Rao, K.S., Rotational analysis of the columbium oxide bands, Nature (London), 1954, 173, 1240. [all data]

Rao and Premaswarup, 1953
Rao, V.R.; Premaswarup, D., The complex band spectrum of the diatomic molecule CbO in the photographic infrared, Indian J. Phys., 1953, 27, 399. [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]

Shchukarev, Semenov, et al., 1966
Shchukarev, S.A.; Semenov, G.A.; Frantseva, K.E., A thermodynamic study of the volatilisation of lower oxides of niobium, Russ. J. Inorg. Chem. Engl. Transl., 1966, 11, 129, In original 233. [all data]


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