RE : CO project

Hey, I just want to check some reasoning for question 4.

So to find (delta)r, im hoping that it is safe to say, that from a spectra which plots intensity against the energy difference between the ground and ionised state, we can work out S when n(ionised state)=0. From this we get delta and if we know mu and omega we can work out (delta r).But do we definitely take it that we know omega, from the fact that it is said we know the vibration frequency of the molecule in the gound state? ie do we assume that omega corresponds to the ground state frequency. And also what do people think on the question about whether or not you can determine if it is positive or negative? My thinking was that if delta is squared and if S is always positive ( because of the position of the potentials along the x axis) then it wouldn't be possible to have a negative value?

Lleah

posted by fyst20 at Feb 22, 2012 10:23 PM