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<p><font face="serif">In your textbook the term alpha is used in the
exponent of the Morse potential. You can come up with the value
of <img style="vertical-align: middle"
src="cid:part1.25A8AE86.F5337327@mercer.edu" alt="$\alpha$">
through a little bit of derivation, but I'll save you the time.</font></p>
<p><font face="serif"><img style="vertical-align: middle;"
src="cid:part2.3B941C14.6D2D074D@mercer.edu" alt="$\alpha =
\frac{\tilde{\nu}_e}{\sqrt{\frac{\hbar D_e}{\pi c \mu}}}$"
height="87" width="207"></font><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
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://faculty.mercer.edu/pounds_aj">http://faculty.mercer.edu/pounds_aj</a>
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