| Abstract: | About the Structure of Molten Selenium Dioxide The Raman spectra of molten and gaseous selenium dioxide are nearly identical. The number of bands indicates the existence of a temperature depending equilibrium of monomeric and dimeric selenium dioxide in the molten and the gaseous state. A chain structure as in the crystal could not be found. An oxygen-bridged planar ring seems most likely for the structure of the dimer. Broadening of bands two intense, polarized lines at ν = 955/966 cm?1 indicate an equilibrium of the trans-(C2h) with the cis-structure (C2v). |
