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<div>For 13.53, I read the section in the book on symmetric tops
and I saw how they modified their formulas for symmetric tops
but I can't figure out how to apply it. Can we just add the
rotational temperature with an I value in the x and y
direction to the rotational temperature with an I value in the
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I think you are making this one a lot harder than it really is. You
need to calculate two rotational temperatures, one for Ixx,Iyy and
one for Izz. Use the values that they give you and plug into the
equation. Be sure to use the values for Plancks constant and the
Boltzmann constant in SI units.<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D. (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pounds@theochem.mercer.edu">pounds@theochem.mercer.edu</a>)
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Mercer University, Macon, GA 31207 (478) 301-5627
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