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Infrared Absorptions of the H20 H2 Complex Trapped in Solid Neon

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Author(s)

D Forney, Marilyn E. Jacox, Warren E. Thompson

Abstract

When a sample of neon to which have been added less than 1% each of H2 and H2O is deposited at 4.3 K, the infrared spectrum of the resulting solid includes an absorption by the vibrational fundamental of H2, which is normally infrared-inactive. New absorptions are also associated with the vibrational fundamentals of the H2O in the sample. Similar results are obtained for deuterium-enriched samples. The new peaks are assigned to the van der Waals complex of H2O with H2. As has been found in earlier theoretical, gas-phase, and solid-state studies of this and closely related systems, the infrared absorptions arise principally from complexes involving ortho-H2, for which J = 1.
Citation
Journal of Chemical Physics
Volume
121
Issue
No. 12
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

H<sub>2</sub>O H<sub>2</sub> complex, infrared absorption of H<sub>2</sub>, infrared spectrum, molecular rotation, neon matrix

Citation

Forney, D. , Jacox, M. and Thompson, W. (2004), Infrared Absorptions of the H<sub>2</sub>0 H<sub>2</sub> Complex Trapped in Solid Neon, Journal of Chemical Physics (Accessed December 15, 2024)

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Created August 31, 2004, Updated October 12, 2021