Ruthenium ionization energy

The UPS spectra for these clusters reveal the general appearance of a 3-4 eV wide metal d band lying immediately below the Fermi level which is separated by 2-3 eV from an intense peak due to the CO 5intense peak at 3-4 eV below the 5a and l r features is due to the CO 4a levels. These spectra exhibit a remarkable qualitative similarity to the corresponding spectra of CO adsorbed on metal surfaces. More important for the present discussion is that they can be directly compared with the ionization energies obtained from theoretical calculations. For instance, the calculated spectra for a series of tetracobalt carbonyl clusters using the DV-Xa method have been compared with the He(I) UPS spectrum of [Co4(CO)i2]. [150] The transition state procedure [41] used in these calculations also accounted for the final state effects, that is, for the effects of orbital relaxation following the ionization process. This relaxation is typically about 2 eV for the valence orbitals of transition metal carbonyls and the calculated IP s compare well with the experimental ones. In a similar way, ruthenium, osmium, and rhenium carbonyl cluster UPS spectra have been calculated and reproduce the general trends and positions of the... 

Ruthenium see also Elements electrical resistivity, 12-39 to 40 electron configuration, 1-18 to 19 heat capacity, 4-135 history, occurrence, uses, 4-1 to 42 ionization energy, 10-203 to 205 isotopes and their properties, 11-56 to 253 magnetic susceptibility, 4-142 to 147 molten, density, 4-139 to 141 physical properties, 4-133 to 134 thermal properties, 12-201 to 202 vapor pressure, 6-61 to 90 vapor pressure, high temperature, 4-136 to 137... 

Advances in spectroscopic characterization continue to drive the development of the field. A number of studies describing the mass spectrometry of medium- and high-nuclearity ruthenium and osmium carbonyl clusters have been reported, including UV-laser desorption, laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight and energy-dependent electrospray ionization the last mentioned has been shown to resolve mixtures of cluster compounds. 

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