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Absorption spectra of cold dilute solid solutions

Journal Article · · J. Chem. Phys.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6314965

Infrared absorption spectra have been obtained for some compounds trapped in crystalline solids by freezing liquid Xe, Kr, Ar, or CH/sub 4/ solutions. The optical quality of the solid solutions is good, and they have been cooled to approx.80 K in 1.35 cm sample thicknesses to study the absorption in fundamental vibrational bands of the solutes. In the cases discussed, the bands are narrow, with observed full widths at half-maximum absorbance 0.05--0.30 cm/sup -1/ greater than the instrumental resolution (0.18--0.29 cm/sup -1/). The spectra appear to be free of ''multiple site'' and solute aggregate absorptions. Spectra displaying isotropic splitting in bands of natural BCl/sub 3/, SeF/sub 6/, OsO/sub 4/, TiCl/sub 4/, and MoF/sub 6/ are presented, and band frequencies are compared with some results obtained in evaporative matrices, in the gas phase, and in liquid solutions. For this comparison we have obtained some spectra of SeF/sub 6/ and BCl/sub 3/ gas.

Research Organization:
University of California, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Chemistry Divison, Los Alamos, NM 87545
OSTI ID:
6314965
Journal Information:
J. Chem. Phys.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Chem. Phys.; (United States) Vol. 78:11; ISSN JCPSA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English