Fine and hyperfine structure in 14N2+

The fine and hyperfine structure of ¹⁴N₂⁺ has been observed in 31 rotational lines of the (0, 1) band of the B²Σ_u⁺-X²Σ_g⁺ system using the method of Doppler-tuned laser-induced fluorescence on a molecular ion beam. The spin-rotation constants (γ′, γ″, γ′_J) are in good agreement with other experiments in which the hyperfine structure was not resolved. The Fermi-contact (b′_F, b″_F) and dipolar (t′, t″) hyperfine coupling constants are in reasonably good agreement with values calculated from ab initio wavefunctions. The least-squares experimental values in MHz are γ″ = 279.1(6), γ′ = 726.4(6), γ′_J = ?0.0460(2), b″_F = 105(4), b′_F = 708(3), t″ = 49(6), and t′ = 26(5).     

Characterisation of Interfaces Between Liquid Tin and Alumina in the Presence of Titanium Alloy Additions

Neutron reflection spectroscopy has been used to characterise the composition of interfaces between liquid Sn-Ti alloys and Al₂O₃. The reflectivity profiles for both 1% and 3% Ti alloys are consistent with the presence of a layer approximately 2 nm thick at the liquid/solid interface, showing extensive segregation of Ti. The composition of this layer is not pure Ti but shows a greater Ti content than any known Ti oxide composition. In all interfaces exposed to liquid metals at elevated temperature (including pure Sn) there is a layer of thickness 20–100 nm on the alumina surface with slightly lower neutron scattering length density than pure alumina. This is interpreted as evidence for surface roughening of the Al₂O₃ surface during exposure to the liquid metal.     

Kinetics of gas-phase addition reactions of methyl radicals. I. Addition to ethylene,acetylene, and benzene

The reactions have been studied by a mass-balance method involving the photolysis of small amounts of biacetyl in the presence of a large excess of isobutane containing a small proportion of the unsaturated substrate. The following Arrhenius parameters have been derived:

Electron resonance linewidth anisotropy of CsMnCl3

The angular dependence of the EPR linewidth in the paramagnetic region for CsMnCl₃ is accurately represented by A(1+cos²θ) + B in accord with conventional exchange narrowing theory but the spin fluctuations in this material are not in the short correlation time limit.     

Metallkomplexe von alkylsubstituierten Poly(vinylpyridin-l-oxiden) und von Poly(dimethylaminostyrol-N-oxiden)

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The decomposition of methanol at low pressures by rhenium

A heated rhenium wire is an effective catalyst for the decomposition of methanol at low pressures, the mass-spectrometrically recorded products of decomposition being carbon monoxide and hydrogen. When newly cleaned, more than 30% of c led to decomposition, for filament temperatures between 900 and 1300 K. Under steady-state conditions, or when the filament was pre-saturated with oxygen, the temperature dependence of catalytic activity was significantly differe though the maximum efficiency was still as much as 20% at 900 K.     

The physical properties of linear chain systems. I. The optical spectra of [(CH3)4N]NiCl3, Cs(Mg,Ni)Cl3, CsNiCl3, RbNiCl3 and CsNiBr3

The single crystal spectra of pure CsNiCl₃, CsNiBr₃, RbNiCl₃, and [(CH₃)₄]NiCl₃, and the single crystal spectrum of CsNiCl₃ diluted in CsMgCl₃ have been measured to 5°K. The spectra of the magnetically concentrated materials show a number of anomalously intense maxima. These are interpreted in terms of cooperative interactions.