Helium, diatomic

In Ref. (316) the SAPT approach has been applied to compute the interaction-induced polarizability of the helium diatom. Before discussing the Raman spectra obtained from the SAPT collision-induced polarizabilities, let us discuss the importance of various physical contributions to the parallel and perpendicular components of the collision-induced polarizability tensor. 

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Proffitt M, Frommhold L (1979) New measurement of the trace of the helium diatom polarizability from the collision-induced, polarized, Raman spectrum. Phys Rev Lett 42 1473-1475... 

Frommhold L, Proffitt M (1979) Concerning the anisotropy of the helium diatom polarizability. J Chem Phys 70 4803-4804... 

As noted above, the helium diatomic dication has been well studied11 7,17,19,321. The standard three configuration VB wave function for the "singly-bonded" (He,-Heb)2+ consists of a linear combination of configurations (1) to (3) ... 

P. R. Certain and P. J. Fortune. Long-range polarizability of the helium diatom. J. Chem. PAys., 55 5818-5821 (1971). 

P. J. Fortune, P. R. Certain, and L. W. Bruch. Helium diatom polarizability and the dielectric properties of fluid helium. Chem. Phys. Lett., 27 233-236 (1974). 

Recently, the sapt approach has been applied (32) to compute the interaction-induced polarizability for the helium diatom. The computed polarizability invariants have been analytically fitted, and used in quantum-dynamical calculations of the binary collision-induced Raman spectra. The results of the dynamical calculations are summarized in Fig. 1. 

Mass Spectrometer. The mass spectrometer is the principal analytical tool of direct process control for the estimation of tritium. Gas samples are taken from several process points and analy2ed rapidly and continually to ensure proper operation of the system. Mass spectrometry is particularly useful in the detection of diatomic hydrogen species such as HD, HT, and DT. Mass spectrometric detection of helium-3 formed by radioactive decay of tritium is still another way to detect low levels of tritium (65). Accelerator mass spectroscopy (ams) has also been used for the detection of tritium and carbon-14 at extremely low levels. The principal appHcation of ams as of this writing has been in archeology and the geosciences, but this technique is expected to faciUtate the use of tritium in biomedical research, various clinical appHcations, and in environmental investigations (66). 

A chemical formula describes the composition of a substance by giving the relative numbers of atoms of each element. When a substance contains discrete molecules, a chemical formula is also a molecular formula. A chemical formula contains elemental symbols to represent atoms and subscripted numbers to indicate the number of atoms of each type. The simplest chemical formulas describe pure elements. The chemical formulas of most elements are their elemental symbols helium is He, silicon is Si, copper is Cu. However, seven elements occur naturally as diatomic molecules (Figure 3-lT so their chemical formulas take the form X2 A few other elements occur as atomic clusters, notably P4 and Sg. ... 

The MO diagram shown in Figure 10-28 can be applied to any of the possible diatomic molecules or ions formed from the first-row elements, hydrogen and helium. Count the electrons of He2" , place the electrons in the MO diagram, and calculate the bond order. If the bond order is greater than zero, the species can form, under the right conditions. 

The recombination of He is a special case. We include it here because of the similarities with H3 and because it is the only known example where three-body recombination of a diatomic molecular ion dominates over the binary process. The literature on the helium afterglow is quite large and we will not be able to do justice to all aspects of this problem. Mulliken71 had predicted that fast dissociative recombination of Hej should not occur due to a lack of a suitable curve crossing between the ionic potential curve and repulsive curves of He. Afterglow experiments in pure helium, at sufficient pressure to enable formation of Hej ions, have confirmed this expectation. It does not appear that the true binary recombination... 

Repeat the last problem using hydrogen gas instead of helium. Explain why the occurrence of hydrogen gas in diatomic molecules is so important. 

Elemental nitrogen is a diatomic gas, N2, mass 28. Other elements that occur as gases under the usual conditions of temperature and pressure may also contain two atoms H2 and O2, for example. Other gases occur simply as monatomic species helium (He), neon (Ne), argon (Ar), and krypton (Kr), for example. Elemental nitrogen forms about 78% of our atmosphere most of the remainder is oxygen. 

Chlorine gas is noncombustible but, like oxygen, it supports combustion. It combines with practically all elements except nitrogen and the inert gases, helium, neon, argon, crypton, and radon. A few compounds with the inert gas xenon are also known. The diatomic CI2 molecule can dissociate into Cl atoms upon heating or irradiation with UV. 

Hx-X, with X = He, Ne, Ar, Kr, or Xe. At sufficiently low densities, mixtures of monatomic and diatomic gases such as helium and hydrogen feature two types of CIA spectra one arising strictly from H2-H2 pairs and the other from H2-He pairs. (Of course, there are no spectral components arising from He-He interactions.) From exact measurements of the CIA spectra of both, the pure molecular gas and the mixture, the enhancement spectra due to H2-He pairs are obtained by subtracting the spectrum of pure hydrogen from the total absorption obtained in the mixture of helium and hydrogen [37], Fig. 3.12. 

He2 (g). The values for the energy states and the energy of dissociation of gaseous diatomic helium are from Weizel,1,2> > 5i Weizel and Pestel,1 Weizel and Fiichtbauer,1 Imanishi,1, 2 Curtis,1 Curtis and Harvey,1 and Mulliken.6 See also Jevons.1... 

The noble gas hydride ions should have a bond order of one and tbe diatomic noble gas ions should have a bond order of one-half. Neither type cun be isolated in the form of salts of the type HeH+X or He, X- since the electron affinity of positive helium, etc. is greater than that of any appropriate species X, and so such salts would spontaneously decompose ... 

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