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Oxygen Atomic Term Symbols Explained

The document discusses term symbols and molecular spectroscopy. It provides the ground and excited state term symbols for oxygen atoms, with the ground state being (1s)2(2s)2(2p)4 and excited state being (1s)2(2s)2(2p)4. It also discusses the molecular orbital diagram and term symbols for the homonuclear diatomic molecule O2, showing the molecular orbital configurations and resulting molecular terms. Finally, it shows the potential energy curves for various electronic states of the O2 molecule.

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Oxygen Atomic Term Symbols Explained

The document discusses term symbols and molecular spectroscopy. It provides the ground and excited state term symbols for oxygen atoms, with the ground state being (1s)2(2s)2(2p)4 and excited state being (1s)2(2s)2(2p)4. It also discusses the molecular orbital diagram and term symbols for the homonuclear diatomic molecule O2, showing the molecular orbital configurations and resulting molecular terms. Finally, it shows the potential energy curves for various electronic states of the O2 molecule.

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Term Symbols and Molecular Spectroscopy

Atomic Term Symbols - Oxygen


ground state: (1s)2 (2s)2 (2p)4

+1
2

excited state: (1s) (2s) (2p)

L
0
1
2
3
Term S
P
D
F
L = ML,max = +1+1+ 0 -1 = 1 3P

-1
L = ML,max = +1+1+ 0 +0 = 2 1D

+1

-1

Homonuclear Diatomics* O2 ground state: KK (g,2s)2(*u ,2s)2(g,2pz)2(u,2p)4(*g ,2p)2

u
g
u
g

= +1+1-1-1+1-1 = 0

= +1+1-1-1+1+1 = 2

3 -

= +1+1-1-1+1-1 = 0
1 +

(g,2pz)2(u,2p)3(*g ,2p)3

= +1+1-1+1-1-1 = 0
3 +

(g,2pz)1(u,2p)4(*g ,2p)3

= +1+1-1+1+1-1 = 2

3 -

u + u + 3u

70000

O( 3P) + O( 1D)

8-

60000

3
u

50000

6 O( 3P) + O(3 P)

40000

3 +
u

(cm-1)

4 -

30000

eV
20000

1 +
g
1
g
3
g

10000

0
0.5

1.5

2 -

2.5

3.5

R ()

* Configuration diagrams are schematic. No single diagram can represent an open shell system.
These diagrams do not take into account electron indistinguishability and orbital degeneracy.

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