Bromine Mass Number



  • Formula: Br2
  • Molecular weight: 159.808
  • IUPAC Standard InChI:
    • InChI=1S/Br2/c1-2
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  • IUPAC Standard InChIKey:GDTBXPJZTBHREO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • CAS Registry Number: 7726-95-6
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  • Other names:Br2;Brom;Brome;Bromo;Broom;UN 1744;Dibromine
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For other isotopes, the isotopic mass is usually within 0.1 u of the mass number. For example, 35 Cl (17 protons and 18 neutrons) has a mass number of 35 and an isotopic mass of 34.96885. The difference of the actual isotopic mass minus the mass number of an atom is known as the mass excess, which for 35 Cl is –0.03115.

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  • Atomic Number: 35: Atomic Mass: 79.904 atomic mass units: Number of Protons: 35. Approximately 500 million kilograms of bromine are produced worldwide in a year.
  • The molecular ion peaks (M+ and M+2) each contain one chlorine atom - but the chlorine can be either of the two chlorine isotopes, 35 Cl and 37 Cl. The molecular ion containing the 35 Cl isotope has a relative formula mass of 78. The one containing 37 Cl has a relative formula mass of 80 - hence the two lines at m/z = 78 and m/z = 80. Notice that the peak heights are in the ratio of 3: 1.

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Constants of diatomic molecules

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Data compiled by:Klaus P. Huber and Gerhard H. Herzberg

Data collected through September, 1976

Symbols used in the table of constants
SymbolMeaning
Stateelectronic state and / or symmetry symbol
Teminimum electronic energy (cm-1)
ωevibrational constant – first term (cm-1)
ωexevibrational constant – second term (cm-1)
ωeyevibrational constant – third term (cm-1)
Berotational constant in equilibrium position (cm-1)
αerotational constant – first term (cm-1)
γerotation-vibration interaction constant (cm-1)
Decentrifugal distortion constant (cm-1)
βerotational constant – first term, centrifugal force (cm-1)
reinternuclear distance (Å)
Trans.observed transition(s) corresponding to electronic state
ν00position of 0-0 band (units noted in table)
Diatomic constants for 79Br2
StateTeωeωexeωeyeBeαeγeDeβereTrans.ν00
RydbergFragments of additional Rydberg series converging to A 2Πu of Br2+.
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Rydberg series converging to X22Πg,3/2 of Br2+ :ν = 88306 1 - R/(n-δ)2 , δ = 2.416, 2.446, 2.591, 2.629,n = 5,6,7.
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Rydberg series converging to X12Πg,3/2 of Br2+ :ν = 85165 2 - R/(n-1.843)2 ,n=5,...,12.
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Rydberg series converging to X12Πg,3/2 of Br2+ :ν = 85165 2 - R/(n-1.938)2 ,n=5,...,18.
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Rydberg series converging to X12Πg,3/2 of Br2+ :ν = 85165 2 - R/(n-δ)2 , δ = 2.225, 2.422, 2.593, n = 5,...,20.
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StateTeωeωexeωeyeBeαeγeDeβereTrans.ν00
N 76537 230 3 N ← X R 76491 H
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M 74060 241 3 H (0.3) M ← X R 74019 H
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L 72727 218 3 H 3 L ← X R 72674 H
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Several groups of diffuse emission bands in the region 23600 - 50000 cm-1have been assigned Venkateswarlu, 1947 to transitions from four states at 47000, 55534, 61444, 66500 cm-1to various repulsive states arising from Br(2P3/2,1/2) + Br(2P3/2,1/2) .
↳Venkateswarlu, 1947
StateTeωeωexeωeyeBeαeγeDeβereTrans.ν00
(K ) 4 (K) ← X
↳Venkateswarlu, 1969
(K) 293 35 l → X R 62266 H
↳Haranath and Rao, 1958
(K ) 426 35 M → X V 60879 H
↳Haranath and Rao, 1958
(K) 281 35 L → X R 59855 H
↳Haranath and Rao, 1958
6
↳Rao and Venkateswarlu, 1964
StateTeωeωexeωeyeBeαeγeDeβereTrans.ν00
H (56820) 108 37 1.5 H → B (40890) 7
↳Verma, 1958
G 56337 (255) $eH G → X $gR 56303 H
↳Haranath and Rao, 1958
F 52191 (120) 3 H F → X 8 R 52090 H
↳Haranath and Rao, 1958
E 51634.0 150.9 3 0.495 9 E ↔ B 10 35724 3
↳Venkateswarlu and Verma, 1958; missing citation; Wieland, Tellinghuisen, et al., 1972
StateTeωeωexeωeyeBeαeγeDeβereTrans.ν00
D 48499 162 3 0.29 D → B 32595
↳Venkateswarlu and Verma, 1958, 2
C 1Πu 1u (24000) 11 C 12 ← X (24000)
↳Cordes and Sponer, 1930; Aickin and Bayliss, 1938; Mulliken, 1940; Rees, 1947; Bayliss and Sullivan, 1954; Coxon, 1973
B 3Πu 0u+ 15902.47 167.607 Z 1.6361 13 -0.009369 0.059589 141516 0.0004891 3.013E-08 17 2.67757 B ↔ X 121816 R 15823.47 Z
missing citation; missing citation; Holzer, Murphy, et al., 1970; Barrow, Clark, et al., 1974; Ault, Howard, et al., 1975
A 3Πu1u 13905 153 3 H 2.7 19 0.0588 2021 (0.0008) 2.695 A ↔ X 121821 R 13818 22
↳Horsley, 1967; missing citation; Coxon, 1972
StateTeωeωexeωeyeBeαeγeDeβereTrans.ν00
X 1Σg+ 0 325.321 Z 1.0774 -0.002298 0.082107 23 0.0003187 -0.000001045 2.092E-08 17 2.28105 24

Notes

1The interval of 3141 cm-1 between X12Π3/2 and X22Π1/2 ofBr2+ derived from the Rydberg series does not agree with the value 2820 cm-1 fromthe photoelectron spectrum Cornford, Frost, et al., 1971.The discrepancy may be accounted for by assuming that instead of v'=0 as suggestedin Venkateswarlu, 1969 the 2Π1/2 series listed here have v'=2 while the 2Π3/2 serieshave v'=1 (see 2).
2According to the photoionization and photoelectron value of the ionizationpotential (see 26) the five 2Π3/2 Rydberg series in the table refer to v'=l.Vibrational structure; see Venkateswarlu, 1969.
3Normal isotopic mixture.
4Extensive system of absorption bands in the region 59000 - 67000 cm-1;no analysis. This system may include transitions to the upper states of:
5a) emission systems of Haranath and Rao, 1958
6b) a long resonance series (63817 - 53779 cm-1).
7The vibrational analysis is doubtful since only v'=21-32 were observed.v00 (extrapolated) and Te are different from Verma, 1958 to allow for the new data onthe B state Barrow, Clark, et al., 1974.
8System H-X of Haranath and Rao, 1958, not observed in absorption.
9ωeze= +0.000065; vibrational constants from the reanalysis Wieland, Tellinghuisen, et al., 1972 of the emissiondata of Venkateswarlu and Verma, 1958 and the absorption data of Briggs and Norrish, 1963. See 10 .
10It is not entirely certain that the lower state is B 3Πu,0+ and not A 3Πu,1.
11Several absorption continua beyond 19580 cm-1 corresponding to a number ofelectronic transitions including that to C 1Πu with maximum at 24000 cm-1.
12Also observed in magnetic circular dichroism Brith, Rowe, et al., 1975 and photofragment Oldman, Sander, et al., 1975 spectra.The latter authors confirm Mulliken's Mulliken, 1940 prediction that C 1Πu dissociates into2Π3/2 + 2Π3/2 and observe evidence for several excited g states bytwo-photon photofragment studies near 28000 and 38000 cm-1.
13(for v≤8). Vibrational levels observed to v=55, dissociation limit(2P3/2+2P1/2) at 19579.76 cm-1 above X 1Σg+(v=0,J=0).See 16. Absorption in the B 0u+ continuum Bondybey, Bearder, et al., 1976.
14Hfs observed in v=12 (81Br2) and v=17(79Br2); see Eng and LaTourrette, 1974.
15Predissociation was observed Lum and McAfee, 1975, Lum and Hozack, 1975 for v=42, J=33 by the laser-molecular beam technique.B → X emitted in the recombination of Br(2P3/2) atoms shows strong enhancementof bands with 5<v'< 10 presumably on account of inverse predissociation Clyne, Coxon, et al., 1971. See also 18.
16RKR potential function and Franck-Condon factors Coxon, 1971, Barrow, Clark, et al., 1974.For the behavior of the potential function near the dissociation limit 13 see Goscinski, 1972, Yee and Stone, 1973, LeRoy, 1974.
17Dv and higher order constants in Barrow, Clark, et al., 1974.
18Estimated radiative lifetimes for A and B range from 1000 to 2000 and 12 to 70 μs,respectively Coxon, 1972, Coxon, 1973, Bondybey, Bearder, et al., 1976. For the B state Capelle, Sakurai, et al., 1971 find total lifetimes of the order of 1 μs;minima (~0.2 μs) occur for v=1 and 14 probably on account of predissociation.For lifetimes near the dissociation limit 13 of B see McAfee and Hozack, 1976.
19Convergence limit for 79Br2 at 15894.6 cm-1 above X 1Σg+ (v=0,J=0),corresponding to 2P3/2 + 2P3/2.A weak continuous spectrum joins onto the limit and overlaps the main absorptionsystem B ← X; see Sulzmann, Bien, et al., 1967.
20Extrapolated from v=7; constants for v=0.. .6 have not been determined.Bv, Dv, Hv, and Λ-type doubling constants for v=7...24 in Coxon, 1972.
21RKR potential function and Franck-Condon factors Coxon, 1972.
22Based on ΔG'(v=0-7) from low-resolution emission spectra Clyne and Coxon, 1967 of normal Br2and the origin of the 7-0 79Br2 band at 14739.14 cm-1 derived from Coxon, 1972 and Barrow, Clark, et al., 1974.
23RKR potential curve Coxon, 1971, Barrow, Clark, et al., 1974. Hfs observed Eng and LaTourrette, 1974 in v=4 (81Br2) and v=7 (79Br2).
24Raman sp. 29
25From Barrow, Clark, et al., 1974; corresponding values for 79,81Br2 and 81Br2 are1.97082 and 1.97095 eV (short extrapolation of B 0u+)
26From photoionization Dibeler, Walker, et al., 1970; supported by measurements at different temperatures.In good agreement with 10.51 eV obtained by photoelectron spectroscopy Frost, McDowell, et al., 1967, Cornford, Frost, et al., 1971, Potts and Price, 1971.A slightly higher value, 10.56 eV, was derived Venkateswarlu, 1969 from the Rydberg series in the VUV.It is probable that this value refers to v'=1.
27System J-X of Haranath and Rao, 1958, not observed in absorption.
28(valid for v≤8).
29Resonance Raman spectra in the gas Holzer, Murphy, et al., 1970, 2, Baierl and Kiefer, 1975, in solid argon Ault, Howard, et al., 1975;pure rotational Raman spectrum Baierl, Hochenbleicher, et al., 1975.

References

Bromine Mass Number

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Venkateswarlu, 1947
Venkateswarlu, P.,Emission bands of halogens. Part IV. Diffuse bands of bromine,Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. Sect. A, 1947, 25, 138. [all data]

Venkateswarlu, 1969
Venkateswarlu, P.,The vacuum ultraviolet spectrum of the bromine molecule,Can. J. Phys., 1969, 47, 2525. [all data]

Haranath and Rao, 1958
Haranath, P.B.V.; Rao, P.T.,Band spectra of iodine, chlorine, and bromine in the spectral region 2400-1400 A,J. Mol. Spectrosc., 1958, 2, 428. [all data]

Rao and Venkateswarlu, 1964
Rao, Y.V.; Venkateswarlu, P.,Vacuum ultraviolet resonance spectrum of Br2 molecule,J. Mol. Spectrosc., 1964, 13, 288. [all data]

Verma, 1958
Verma, R.D.,Emission spectrum of bromine excited in the presence of argon. Part III. The band system in the region 2660-2590 Å,Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. Sect. A, 1958, 47, 196. [all data]

Venkateswarlu and Verma, 1958
Venkateswarlu, P.; Verma, R.D.,Emission spectrum of bromine excited in the presence of argon-Part I,Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. Sect. A, 1958, 46, 251. [all data]

Wieland, Tellinghuisen, et al., 1972
Wieland, K.; Tellinghuisen, J.B.; Nobs, A.,The band systems E → B(4000-4360 Å) and F → X(2530-2740 Å) of 127I2 and 129I2, and the corresponding system E = B of Br2 and Cl2,J. Mol. Spectrosc., 1972, 41, 69. [all data]

Venkateswarlu and Verma, 1958, 2
Venkateswarlu, P.; Verma, R.D.,Emission spectrum of bromine excited in the presence of argon. Part II. The band system in the region 3150-2970 Å,Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. Sect. A, 1958, 46, 416. [all data]

Cordes and Sponer, 1930
Cordes, H.; Sponer, H.,Die molekulabsorption des chlors, broms, jodchlorids und jodbromids im aubersten ultraviolett,Z. Phys., 1930, 63, 334. [all data]

Aickin and Bayliss, 1938
Aickin, R.G.; Bayliss, N.S.,The absorption spectrum of bromine vapour in the region 3400 A to 2200 A,Trans. Faraday Soc., 1938, 34, 1371. [all data]

Mulliken, 1940
Mulliken, R.S.,Halogen molecule spectra. II. Interval relations and relative intensities in the long wave-length spectra,Phys. Rev., 1940, 57, 500. [all data]

Rees, 1947
Rees, A.L.G.,Note on the interpretation of the visible absorption spectrum of bromine,Proc. Phys. Soc. London, 1947, 59, 1008. [all data]

Bayliss and Sullivan, 1954
Bayliss, N.S.; Sullivan, J.V.,Vacuum ultraviolet absorption spectra of iodine and bromine,J. Chem. Phys., 1954, 22, 1615. [all data]

Coxon, 1973
Coxon, J.A.,Chapt. 4. Low-lying electronic states of diatomic halogen moleculesin Molecular Spectroscopy. Volume 1, Barrow,R.F.; Long,D.A.; Millen,D.J., ed(s)., The Chemical Society, Burlington House, London, W1V 0BN, 1973, 177-228. [all data]

Holzer, Murphy, et al., 1970
Holzer, W.; Murphy, W.F.; Bernstein, H.J.,Resonance fluorescence of iodine, bromine, and chlorine gases obtained with argon-ion laser excitation,J. Chem. Phys., 1970, 52, 469. [all data]

Barrow, Clark, et al., 1974
Barrow, R.F.; Clark, T.C.; Coxon, J.A.; Yee, K.K.,The B3Π0u+ - X1Σg+ system of Br2 rotational analysis, Franck-Condon factors, and long range potential in the B0u+ state,J. Mol. Spectrosc., 1974, 51, 428. [all data]

Ault, Howard, et al., 1975
Ault, B.S.; Howard, W.F.; Andrews, L.,Laser-induced fluorescence and Raman spectra of chlorine and bromine molecules isolated in inert matrices,J. Mol. Spectrosc., 1975, 55, 217. [all data]

Bromine-81 mass number

Horsley, 1967
Horsley, J.A.,Rotational analysis of the A3Π1u - X1Σg+ system of bromine,J. Mol. Spectrosc., 1967, 22, 469. [all data]

Coxon, 1972
Coxon, J.A.,The extreme red absorption spectrum of Br2, A3Π(1u) ← X1Σg+,J. Mol. Spectrosc., 1972, 41, 548. [all data]

Cornford, Frost, et al., 1971
Cornford, A.B.; Frost, D.C.; McDowell, C.A.; Ragle, J.L.; Stenhouse, I.A.,Photoelectron spectra of the halogens,J. Chem. Phys., 1971, 54, 2651. [all data]

Briggs and Norrish, 1963
Briggs, A.G.; Norrish, R.G.W.,Transient absorption spectra of chlorine and bromine,Proc. R. Soc. London A, 1963, 276, 51. [all data]

Brith, Rowe, et al., 1975
Brith, M.; Rowe, M.D.; Schnepp, O.; Stephens, P.J.,The magnetic circular dichroism spectrum of the halogen molecules I2, Br2, Cl2. Resolution of overlapping continua,Chem. Phys., 1975, 9, 57. [all data]

Oldman, Sander, et al., 1975
Oldman, R.J.; Sander, R.K.; Wilson, K.R.,Photofragment spectrum of bromine,J. Chem. Phys., 1975, 63, 4252. [all data]

Bondybey, Bearder, et al., 1976
Bondybey, V.E.; Bearder, S.S.; Fletcher, C.,Br2B3Π(0u+) excitation spectra and radiative lifetimes in rare gas solids,J. Chem. Phys., 1976, 64, 5243. [all data]

Eng and LaTourrette, 1974
Eng, R.S.; LaTourrette, J.T.,Hyperfine spectra of bromine vapor near 633 nm,J. Mol. Spectrosc., 1974, 52, 269. [all data]

Lum and McAfee, 1975
Lum, R.M.; McAfee, K.B., Jr.,Direct measurement of spontaneous predissociation using coaxial laser-molecular beams,J. Chem. Phys., 1975, 63, 5029. [all data]

Lum and Hozack, 1975
Lum, R.M.; Hozack, R.S.,Identification of selectively excited transitions in Br2 isotopes at 5145 Å,J. Mol. Spectrosc., 1975, 58, 325-327. [all data]

Clyne, Coxon, et al., 1971
Clyne, M.A.A.; Coxon, J.A.; Woon-Fat, A.R.,Electronic excitation of bromine to the B3Π(0u+) state in the recombination of ground state Br2P2/3 atoms,Trans. Faraday Soc., 1971, 67, 3155. [all data]

Coxon, 1971
Coxon, J.A.,The calculation of potential energy curves of diatomic molecules: application to halogen molecules,J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 1971, 11, 443. [all data]

Goscinski, 1972
Goscinski, O.,Outer vibrational turning points near dissociation in the B(3Π0u+) state of Br2 and Cl2,Mol. Phys., 1972, 24, 655. [all data]

Yee and Stone, 1973
Yee, K.K.; Stone, T.J.,Analysis of RKR long-range potentials of the B3Π0u+ states of Br2 and Cl2,Mol. Phys., 1973, 26, 1169. [all data]

LeRoy, 1974
LeRoy, R.J.,Long-range potential coefficients from RKR turning points: C6 and C8 for B(3Π0u+)-state Cl2, Br2, and I2,Can. J. Phys., 1974, 52, 246. [all data]

Capelle, Sakurai, et al., 1971
Capelle, G.; Sakurai, K.; Broida, H.P.,Lifetimes and self-quenching cross sections of cibrational levels in the B state of bromine excited by a tunable dye laser,J. Chem. Phys., 1971, 54, 1728. [all data]

McAfee and Hozack, 1976
McAfee, K.B., Jr.; Hozack, R.S.,Lifetimes and energy transfer near the dissociation limit in bromine,J. Chem. Phys., 1976, 64, 2491. [all data]

Sulzmann, Bien, et al., 1967
Sulzmann, K.G.P.; Bien, F.; Penner, S.S.,Intensity and collision half-width measurements using a laser source. II. Continuum and line absorption of Br2 at 6328 A,J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 1967, 7, 969. [all data]

Clyne and Coxon, 1967
Clyne, M.A.A.; Coxon, J.A.,The emission spectra of Br2 and IBr formed in atomic recombination processes,J. Mol. Spectrosc., 1967, 23, 258. [all data]

Dibeler, Walker, et al., 1970
Dibeler, V.H.; Walker, J.A.; McCulloh, K.E.,Threshold for molecular photoionization of bromine,J. Chem. Phys., 1970, 53, 4715. [all data]

Frost, McDowell, et al., 1967
Frost, D.C.; McDowell, C.A.; Vroom, D.A.,Photoelectron spectra of the halogens and the hydrogen halides,J. Chem. Phys., 1967, 46, 4255. [all data]

Potts and Price, 1971
Potts, A.W.; Price, W.C.,Photoelectron spectra of the halogens and mixed halides ICI and lBr,J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans., 1971, 67, 1242. [all data]

Bromine Mass Number

Holzer, Murphy, et al., 1970, 2
Holzer, W.; Murphy, W.F.; Bernstein, H.J.,Resonance Raman effect and resonance fluoroscence in halogen gases,J. Chem. Phys., 1970, 52, 399. [all data]

Baierl and Kiefer, 1975
Baierl, P.; Kiefer, W.,Hot band and isotopic structure in the resonance Raman spectrum of bromine vapor,J. Chem. Phys., 1975, 62, 306. [all data]

Baierl, Hochenbleicher, et al., 1975
Baierl, P.; Hochenbleicher, J.G.; Kiefer, W.,Pure rotational Raman spectra of 79Br2 and 81Br2,Appl. Spectrosc., 1975, 29, 356. [all data]

Notes

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