April 24, 2024, 11:09:54 AM
Forum Rules: Read This Before Posting


Topic: Determining bond lengths from rotational constant  (Read 12847 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

camariela

  • Guest
Determining bond lengths from rotational constant
« on: April 30, 2006, 03:31:38 PM »
Hello,
The question that I would appreciate aid on would be:

The rotational constant B for CO2 was found from rotational Raman spectra to be B = 0.3937/cm. Determine the C=O bond length from this value.

Thanks!
camariela

Offline Donaldson Tan

  • Editor, New Asia Republic
  • Retired Staff
  • Sr. Member
  • *
  • Posts: 3177
  • Mole Snacks: +261/-13
  • Gender: Male
    • New Asia Republic
Re: Determining bond lengths from rotational constant
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2006, 04:29:28 PM »
Use the rigid rotor model to solve
"Say you're in a [chemical] plant and there's a snake on the floor. What are you going to do? Call a consultant? Get a meeting together to talk about which color is the snake? Employees should do one thing: walk over there and you step on the friggin� snake." - Jean-Pierre Garnier, CEO of Glaxosmithkline, June 2006

camariela

  • Guest
Re: Determining bond lengths from rotational constant
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2006, 09:11:38 PM »
Do work out the moment of inertia from that and then work out the bond length?
How would I work out the bond length from the moment of inertia of CO2?

Offline Donaldson Tan

  • Editor, New Asia Republic
  • Retired Staff
  • Sr. Member
  • *
  • Posts: 3177
  • Mole Snacks: +261/-13
  • Gender: Male
    • New Asia Republic
Re: Determining bond lengths from rotational constant
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2006, 10:13:42 PM »
B = h/8.Pi2.c.I

I = meffectiveR2
"Say you're in a [chemical] plant and there's a snake on the floor. What are you going to do? Call a consultant? Get a meeting together to talk about which color is the snake? Employees should do one thing: walk over there and you step on the friggin� snake." - Jean-Pierre Garnier, CEO of Glaxosmithkline, June 2006

Sponsored Links