Generally in Physical Chemistry courses at the undergraduate level students perform analysis of such diatomic gasses as HI to demonstrate the Rigid-Rotor Model. The goal of this research was to expand the repertoire of gasses isolated to CO, HF, DF, HCl, DCl, HBr, DBr, HI, and DI gasses, obtain their respective FTIR spectra, and perform analysis on each comparing the quality of two methods of analysis. Series of calculations were run on the obtained data to produce values for ae, �0, ?e, Dave, �?', �?�, band origins, energy changes, and radii for all subsequent gasses. In conclusion this work ultimately helps to foster a more rewarding lab experience by supplying the students with more ways to observe, learn, and think outside the box.

Vibration-rotation spectra of diatomic gasses

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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