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Potassium and Iodine


Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants


in Potassium Iodide


 








 


 





  








   







Table 1. Potassium and Iodine nqcc's in KI (MHz).
   










Calc.
Expt. [1]
   






 39K eQqoo - 4.341 - 4.292782(21)
 
 41K eQqoo - 5.267 - 5.228877(26)
 
127I eQqoo - 134.7 - 85.4711377(74) *
- 85.471721(12) **
 


 







*  In 39KI.  ** In 41KI.
 
 

Bond Length, re = 3.0478801 Å [2]

 








 








[1] J.Cederberg, J.Randolf, B.McDonald, B.Paulson, and C.McEachern, J.Mol.Spectrosc. 250,114(2008).
[2] F.J.Lovas and E.Tiemann, J.Phys.Chem.Ref.Data 3,609(1974).
 
"Nuclear quadrupole coupling constants in alkali halide molecules:  an ab initio quantum chemical study" G.B.Bacskay and A.D.Buckingham, Mol.Phys. 91,391(1997).
 
The B1LYP models for calculation of halogen nqcc's do not perform well in the case of the alkali halides.
 
KF KCl KBr
LiBr NaBr AlBr GaBr
LiCl NaCl AlCl GaCl

 








 








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