The absorption spectrum of chromium in the spinel structure

✍ Scribed by R.A. Ford; O.F. Hill

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1960
• Weight: 250 KB
• Volume: 16
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0371-1951
• DOI: 10.1016/s0371-1951(60)80004-5

✦ Synopsis

The a bso rption spectru m of trival en t ch rom ium in magnesium sp inel has been stud ied at ro om and low t empera ture in t he region 14,000 to 35,000 om". Ass ignmen t s are given for the obs er ved t rans it ions wh ich are compare d w ith t he ir coun te rpar t s in t he ruby sp ect r um .

Analy sis of t h e sp lit t ing of t he 4T 1g (F ) -<-4A 29 transition un der the trigon al com p one nt of the cry st al field gives a value of -1060 cm-l for K, the trigon al field parameter . The ov erall cr ystal field split ting ~, is 18,520 em:".