Potential Energy Surfaces for Air Triatomics. Volume I. Literature Review.
Abstract
An extensive literature review on the potential energy surfaces of fifteen atmospheric triatomic molecular systems has been made. The systems are water, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and their singly charged positive and negative ions. The potential energy surface characteristics for each molecular system are summarized in the form of adiabatic correlation diagrams between the electronic states of the triatomic molecule and those of the atom, diatomic asymptotes. Where available information allows, such correlation diagrams are constructed not only for the equilibrium symmetry and geometry of the triatomic ground state, but also for other symmetries and geometries as appropriate to the clear indication of the three-dimensional surface characteristics and the general adiabatic asymptotic correlations. The correlation diagrams for each system are discussed in connection with some of its triatomic and atom-diatomic processes.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA014741
Entities
People
- A. C. Wahl
- D. G. Hopper
- M. Krauss
- P. J. Fortune
- T. O. Tiernan
Organizations
- National Institute of Standards and Technology