ISSN:
1089-7690
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
A spectroscopic analysis of diatomic AlCa generated by laser vaporization of a 2:1 Al:Ca metal alloy followed by supersonic expansion has been completed using resonant two-photon ionization spectroscopy. Four excited electronic states have been identified and investigated in the energy region from 13 500 to 17 900 cm−1. These are the [13.5] 2Πr, the [15.8] 2Σ, the [17.0] 2Δ3/2(?), and the [17.6] 2Δ3/2 states. From rotational analysis excited state bond lengths have been measured for three of the four excited states, and the ground state has been unambiguously determined as a 2Πr state with a weighted least squares value of the ground state bond length of r0‘ = 3.1479± 0.0010 A(ring). The ionization energy of the molecule has also been directly determined as 5.072±0.028 eV. Ab initio calculations for the potential energy curves of seven low-lying states of AlCa [X 2Πr, 2Σ+, 4Σ−, 4Πr, 2Πr(2), 2Δ, and 2Σ−] and for the X 1Σ+ ground electronic state of AlCa+ have been carried out. In agreement with experiment, 2Πr is calculated to be the ground electronic state of the neutral molecule. The dissociation energies of AlCa (X 2Πr) into Al(3s23p1,2P0)+Ca(4s2,1S) and for AlCa+ (X 1Σ+) into Al+(3s2,1S)+Ca(4s2,1S) are calculated to be 0.47 and 1.50 eV, respectively. The excited 2Σ+, 4Σ−, 4Πr, 2Πr(2), 2Δ, and 2Σ− states are calculated to lie 0.2, 0.7, 0.7, 1.1, 1.1, and 1.1 eV above X 2Πr, respectively, and the vertical and adiabatic ionization energies of AlCa have been calculated to be 5.03 and 4.97 eV, respectively.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.467333
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