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The 115Sn, 117Sn and 119Sn nuclear spin-rotation constants in stannous monoxide, SnO, and a new multi-isotopomer analysis

  • C. T. Dewberry
  • , K. C. Etchison
  • , G. S. Grubbs
  • , R. A. Powoski
  • , M. M. Serafin
  • , S. A. Peebles
  • , S. A. Cooke

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Abstract

A Fourier transform microwave spectrometer has been used to make high resolution measurements on the J = 1-0 rotational transition for 11 isotopomers of SnO. For the most abundant isotopomer the transition was observed in the v = 0, 1, 2, and 3 states. Magnetic hyperfine structure was observed in the transitions for 115Sn16O, 117Sn16O and 119Sn16O. The nuclear spin-rotation constant CI(Sn) has been determined for these isotopomers for the first time and these constants have been related to nmr shielding parameters. A multi-isotopomer analysis, including data from the 120Sn17O and 120Sn18O isotopomers, has been performed on the data. Born-Oppenheimer breakdown parameters were required in the fit and these parameters have been compared to those for the other Sn-chalcogenides.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)20-25
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Molecular Spectroscopy
Volume248
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2008

Keywords

  • Hyperfine structure
  • Rotational spectroscopy
  • Tin monoxide

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