Abstract
Rotational transitions of the alkali metal fluorides CsF, F, F, F, NaF, and F have been measured in the millimeter- and submillimeter-wave regions where no previous measurements existed. The work was accomplished with a high-resolution molecular-beam absorption spectrometer, previously utilized for study of the other alkali halides. A more reliable oven was constructed and used to vaporize the alkali fluorides at temperatures up to 1100°C. Measurements on rotational transitions as high as in the first three vibrational states gave , , and more accurately, for the most part, than they were previously known, and gave and for the first time. From these Dunham rotational constants were derived potential coefficients, moments of inertia, internuclear distances, and vibrational constants.
- Received 14 January 1965
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.138.A1303
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