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The second torsional state of acetaldehyde

Journal Article · · Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation; (United States)
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  1. Applied Physics Inst., Nizhny Novgorod (Russian Federation). Microwave Spectroscopy Div.
  2. Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie et C.N.R.S., Paris (France). Lab. de Physique Moleculaire et Applications
  3. National Inst. of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Molecular Physics Div.
The authors have fit to within experimental accuracy a data set for acetaldehyde obtained by combining 1,014 [nu][sub t] = 0, 840 [nu][sub t] = 1, and 430 [nu][sub t] = 2 microwave lines with 420 [nu][sub t] = 1 [l arrow] 0 and 404 [nu][sub t] = 2 [l arrow] 1 far-infrared lines. The principal additions to the previously treated v[sub t] = 0 and v[sub t] = 1 microwave data set consist of about 250 new measurements from Barclay, Anderson, and Ziurys and 900 new measurements from Nizhny Novgorod; the v[sub t] = 2 measurements include about 400 lines from Nizhny Novgorod and a few lines from various other sources. The previously treated v[sub t] = 1 [l arrow] 0 far-infrared data set was extended by adding about 200 high-J lines from the 1 [l arrow] 0 fundamental band and 400 lines from the 2 [l arrow] 1 hot band, all taken from a previously reported Fourier transform spectrum. The final fit, which uses a slightly extended model from the literature, requires 48 parameters to achieve an overall unitless weighted standard deviation of 1.06. The present fit includes essentially all available infrared and microwave transitions involving torsional levels below the top of the internal rotation barrier.
OSTI ID:
6074232
Journal Information:
Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation; (United States) Vol. 160:1; ISSN 0195-9298; ISSN JNOED5
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English