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<p><font face="serif">So I said I would send some help for problem
34. Part "a" is pretty straight forward -- you just use the
same eigenvalue equations you used before to calculate enegies.
Part "b" is much more interesting -- how many times does the
molecule rotate in one vibrational period. <br>
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<p>Start off by calculating the period for the rotation. A few
equations are helpful here...</p>
<p><img style="vertical-align: middle"
src="cid:part1.06A40A40.D1D76934@mercer.edu"
alt="$E_\mathrm{rot}=\frac{1}{2}I\omega^2$"></p>
<p><img style="vertical-align: middle"
src="cid:part2.44D702DB.BA6E0C75@mercer.edu" alt="$\omega=2 \pi
\nu = \frac{2 \pi}{T_{\mathrm{rot}}}$"><br>
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<p>where <img style="vertical-align: middle"
src="cid:part3.55100033.4EC6A3B8@mercer.edu"
alt="$T_{\marthrm{rot}}$"> is the period of the rotation.</p>
<p>After some work I got that to be on the order of <img
style="vertical-align: middle"
src="cid:part4.2CCF0C25.E3C560A3@mercer.edu" alt="$10^{-13}$">
s.</p>
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<p>For vibration...</p>
<p> <img style="vertical-align: middle"
src="cid:part5.9C73143E.E483D02C@mercer.edu"
alt="$T_{\mathrm{vib}}=\frac{1}{\nu} = 2 \pi
\sqrt{\frac{\mu}{k}}$"></p>
<p>Plugging in the correct constants and atomic parameters here
results in a value around <img style="vertical-align: middle"
src="cid:part6.AEDB29A5.B3955280@mercer.edu" alt="$10^{-14}$">
s.<br>
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What does that mean? It means that for every time the molecule
rotates it is vibrating at least 10 times. Try to picture that in
your head!<br>
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Keep the questions coming and see you in the morning.<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_aj@mercer.edu">pounds_aj@mercer.edu</a>)
Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Mercer University, Macon, GA 31207 (478) 301-5627
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