Published May 1, 1991
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Journal article
On the correct electronic ground state of Tc(g)
- 1. Earth Sciences Department, University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550 (USA)
- 2. Harwell Laboratory, Didcot, Oxon, (United Kingdom)
- 3. Medgenix, Brussels, (Belgium)
- 4. OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Data Bank, Gif-sur-Yvette, (France)
Description
The electronic ground state of Tc(g) is 6S5/2, which arises from a 4d55s2 valence electron configuration. However, there are several treatises and review articles in which the ground state is incorrectly given as S9/2 with a valence electron configuration of 4d65s1. The origin of this incorrect assignment was traced to the misinterpretation of a paper on the hyperfine splitting of the optical spectrum of technetium, and to confusion between nuclear and electronic spins
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Chemical Physics
- Journal Volume
- 94
- Journal Issue
- 9
- Series
- J. Chem. Phys.
- Journal Page Range
- 6336-6337
- ISSN
- 0021-9606
- CODEN
- JCPSA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 22073866
- Subject category
- S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY LEVELS; GROUND STATES; TECHNETIUM
- Descriptors DEC
- ELEMENTS; METALS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS