Calculate the ratio of the populations in the first two rotational energy levels of carbon monoxide, the lowest J=0 energy level and the higher J = 1 energy level, at 300 K if the energy difference between the levels is 3.8 cm-1and the degeneracies gJ of the two levels are g0 = 1 and g1 = 3, respectively. (You will see in Section 20.3 that there are 2J 1 1 rotational quantum states at each energy level EJ.)

Calculate the ratio of the populations in the first two rotational energy levels of carbon monoxide, the lowest J=0 energy level and the higher J = 1 energy level, at 300 K if the energy difference between the levels is 3.8 cm-1and the degeneracies gJ of the two levels are g0 = 1 and g1 = 3, respectively. (You will see in Section 20.3 that there are 2J 1 1 rotational quantum states at each energy level EJ.)

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Chapter20: Molecular Spectroscopy And Photochemistry

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