Band
Title
160.0 cm-1: νR of 12CH4 in natural CH4 - phase I
Type
absorption
Assignments summary
Assignment Symmetry Mode Specie(s) Molecule/Atom Bond Multiplicity Degeneracy Contribution Resonance
νR hindered rotation 12CH4 CH4 mode degeneracy other unknown
Characteristics summary
Peak position
(cm-1)
Center position
(cm-1)
Width
(cm-1)
Shape Asymmetry factor Peak intensity
(cm-1)
Peak intensity relative Peak strength Integrated intensity
(cm-2)
Integrated intensity relative Integrated strength Temperature
(K)
Pressure
(bar)
160 ± 10 - 130 ± 15 asymmetric 1 ± 0.1 1.25e-04 vw w 77.0
Label
νR
Category
rotation

Evaluation

Level
partly assigned
Evaluation
undefined
Comments
unresolved rotational modes
# Multiplicity type Degeneracy Other band
1 mode degeneracy other
Contribution level
unknown
Contribution comments
blended rotational structure

Rotation modes

Label (type)
νR (hindered rotation)
Texture
crystal

Temperature

Temperature
77.0 ± 1.0 K
Formation temperature
90.7 K
Temperature max
90.7 K
Method #1
spectrum measurement
Method #2
spectrum measurement
Overlap
isolated
Peak
160 ± 10 cm-1 (peak)
Evaluation
validated
Quality
D
Comments
possible shoulder around 115 cm-1
FWHM
130 ± 15 cm-1 (hwhm)
Shape
asymmetric
Evaluation
undefined
Quality
E
Comments
very broad
Method
peak intensity
Absorption coefficient
1 ± 0.1 cm-1
Relative intensity
1.25e-04 ± 1.25e-05
Strength
very weak (vw)
Evaluation
undefined
Quality
D
Comments
from figure of Savoie and Fournier (1970)
Method
extrapolated
Strength
weak (w)