Vibrational temperature
The vibrational temperature is commonly used in thermodynamics, to simplify certain equations. It has units of temperature and is defined as
where is Boltzmann's constant
The vibrational temperature is used commonly when finding the vibrational partition function.
| Molecule | (cm−1) | (K) |
|---|---|---|
| N2 | 2446 | 3521 |
| O2 | 1568 | 2256 |
| F2 | 917 | 1320 |
| HF | 4138 | 5957 |
| HCl | 2991 | 4303 |
References
Statistical thermodynamics University Arizona
See also
- Rotational temperature
- Rotational spectroscopy
- Vibrational spectroscopy
- Infrared spectroscopy
- Spectroscopy
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