Potassium













Calibration of the






MP2(FULL)/6-311+G(3df,3p)





model












This is the recommended model, calibration statistics for which are shown below.













Calibration was made by linear regression analysis of calculated electric field gradients vs experimental nuclear quadrupole coupling constants.  Calculations of the field gradients were made on the equilibrium structures of the following molecules:





 

KF KCl KBr KOH
 













Figure 1.  PDF  Calculated efg's vs experimental nqcc's.













39K, eQqe






 


Number of Points
12




Correlation Coefficient
0.999987




Residual Standard Deviation
0.026 MHz (0.60 %)




Slope, eQeff/h
14.051(22) MHz/a.u.




Qeff 59.80(10) mb




Q
58.5(±1 %) mb [1]


 













41K, eQqo





 


Number of Points
9 *




Correlation Coefficient
0.99997




Residual Standard Deviation
0.052 MHz (0.91 %)




Slope, eQeff/h
17.047(48) MHz/a.u.




Qeff 72.55(21) mb




Q
71.1(±1 %) mb [1]










* No expt nqcc for KBr.



 













Reference






[1] V.Kellö and A.J.Sadlej, Chem.Phys.Lett. 292,403(1998).












"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).












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