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Title: The Ground State of KO Revisited: Millimeter and Submillimeter Spectrum of Potassium Oxide
The millimeter/sub-millimeter spectrum of the KO radical has been recorded in the frequency range 90–534 GHz using direct absorption methods. The radical was synthesized by reacting potassium vapor, produced with a Broida-type oven, with either N2O or O2 mixed in argon carrier gas. Twenty-seven rotational transitions of KO were measured, each exhibiting a doublet structure with a relatively small splitting (~100–200 MHz) that increased noticeably with frequency. A perturbation was apparent in the rotational lines at energies above ~120 cm-1, which was more prominent in one doublet component. The data were successfully fit with a Hund’s case (c) Hamiltonian, assuming that spectra arise from a 2Pi state, and rotational and effective lambda-doubling constants were determined. Higher order centrifugal distortion terms were needed to account for the perturbation. The spectra could also be fit as a 2S+ ground state, but less successfully, and the resulting rotational constant of B = 8235.4 MHz disagreed significantly with that predicted by theory. On the basis of the experimental data, the ground electronic state of KO has been assigned as 2Pi, although the 2S+ assignment cannot be entirely ruled out.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1907910
PAR ID:
10203441
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Physical chemistry chemical physics
Volume:
21
ISSN:
1463-9076
Page Range / eLocation ID:
21960
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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