Band Spectra and Molecular Structure

This 1930 book is a fascinating attempt to obtain a fuller understanding of molecular structure from spectral evidence.

R. De L. Kronig (Author)

9780521292573, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 16 June 2011

174 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1 cm, 0.23 kg

This 1930 book is a fascinating attempt to obtain a fuller understanding of molecular structure from spectral evidence. The investigation in particular throws lights on the macroscopic properties of molecular gases and the theory of chemical binding.

Introduction
Part I. The Energy Levels of Diatomic Molecules and their Classification by Means of Quantum Numbers: 1. General foundations
2. Wave mechanics of diatomic molecules
3. Electronic levels
4. Vibrational levels
5. Rotational levels
6. Stark and Zeeman effect
7. Energy levels of polyatomic molecules
Part II. Fine Structure and Wave Mechanical Properties of the Energy Levels of Diatomic Molecules: 8. The perturbation function
9. Rotational distortion of spin multiplets
10. Fine structure
11. Perturbations and predissociation
12. Even and odd levels
13. Symmetrical and antisymmetrical levels
Part III. Selection Rules and Intensities in Diatomic Molecules: 14. General foundations
15. Electronic bands
16. Vibrational bands
17. Rotational bands
18. Band spectra and nuclear structure
19. Transitions in the Stark and Zeeman effect
Part IV. Macroscopic Properties of Molecular Gases: 20. Scattering
21. Dispersion
22. Kerr and Faraday effect
23. Dielectric constants
24. Magnetic susceptibilities
25. Specific heats
Part V. Molecule Formation and Chemical Binding: 26. Heteropolar molecules
27. Homopolar molecules. Chemical forces between two H-atoms and two He-atoms
28. The general theory of homopolar compounds
Bibliography
Subject index.

Subject Areas: Physics [PH]