A new electronic transition of antimony chloride in the visible region

The emission spectrum of SbCl has been photographed at high resolution in the region 400 to 640 nm. In addition to bands of two previously reported transitions in this region, A₁-X and A₂-X, 36 bands of a new system have been identified. A vibrational analysis has been made with ν₀₀ ≈ 20 679 cm⁻¹, and 7 of the bands have been rotationally analyzed. The electronic transition has ΔΩ = 0 with lower state constants which match published data for the ground state X³Σ⁻(0⁺). The upper state is characterized by the following ¹²¹Sb³⁵Cl molecular parameters: B′₀ = 0.0922 cm⁻¹, D′₀ = 3.1 × 10⁻⁸ cm⁻¹.