Conversion factors:
dipole moment or transition moment:1 debye = 3.335 64 × 10-30 C·mwavenumber:1 cm-1 = 29 979.2458 MHzpressure:1 atm = 101 325. Pa (pascal)absorption intensity:
1 torr = 133.322 Pa1 cm-2 atm-1 at 296 K = 4.033 × 10-20 cm/molecule
Useful equations:
Boltzmann factor:Ni = Nj exp(-1.439 Eij / T),where Ni is the population of the ith level and Nj is the population of the jth level with energy difference in cm-1 of Eij at a temperature of T kelvin.
Doppler half-width at half intensity, γD :γD = 3.581 × 10-7ν (T/M )1/2,where ν is the frequency in the same units as γD , T is the temperature in kelvin, and M is the mass of the molecule in atomic mass units.
Peak intensity of a Doppler shaped line:% transmission = 100 exp(-1.1494 × 1014Slp/γD),where S is the intensity given in the tables, l is the pathlength in cm, and p is the pressure in Pa.
Peak intensity of a Lorentzian line:% transmission = 100 exp(-0.7789 × 1014Slp/γL),where S is the intensity given in the tables, γL is the Lorentzian half-width at half height, l is the pathlength in cm, and p is the pressure in Pa.