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rotational constants
Coefficients of quantum numbers in the rotational term expression and inversely proportional to the principal moments of inertia. Symbols: Math - ei, Math - ei, Math - ei. Math - ei (dimension wavenumber), Math - ei (dimension frequency) where Math - ei is the Planck constant and Math - ei the speed of light in vacuum.
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Green Book, p. 23
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A.Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. doi:10.1351/goldbook.
Last update: 2008-10-07; version: 2.0.2.
DOI of this term: doi:10.1351/goldbook.R05409.
Original PDF version (may be out of date): http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/R05409.pdf.
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