From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Sun May 5 03:46:00 2013 From: "bonoit bonoit bonoit_10---yahoo.fr" To: CCL Subject: CCL: O(3P) vs. O(1S) Message-Id: <-48644-130505034431-18010-8pF/qKXZfvpkajLefYGJIg-#-server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: "bonoit bonoit" Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 03:44:29 -0400 Sent to CCL by: "bonoit bonoit" [bonoit_10,,yahoo.fr] Dear CCLers, I would like to enquire about the oxygen atom. Why this atom prefer the triplet state O(3P) to the singlet one? Is it just a matter of stability or is there any other reason? Regards Bonoit From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Sun May 5 15:31:00 2013 From: "Susi Lehtola susi.lehtola]![alumni.helsinki.fi" To: CCL Subject: CCL: O(3P) vs. O(1S) Message-Id: <-48645-130505132058-3213-cR15Ew3vlUy1Ij69p0eJug]|[server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: Susi Lehtola Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 20:20:43 +0300 Mime-Version: 1.0 Sent to CCL by: Susi Lehtola [susi.lehtola^alumni.helsinki.fi] On Sun, 5 May 2013 03:44:29 -0400 "bonoit bonoit bonoit_10---yahoo.fr" wrote: > Sent to CCL by: "bonoit bonoit" [bonoit_10,,yahoo.fr] > Dear CCLers, > > I would like to enquire about the oxygen atom. Why this atom prefer > the triplet state O(3P) to the singlet one? Is it just a matter of > stability or is there any other reason? The triplet is energetically below the singlet. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Susi Lehtola, PhD Postdoctoral researcher susi.lehtola.]|[.alumni.helsinki.fi Department of Applied Physics http://www.helsinki.fi/~jzlehtol Aalto University Finland --------------------------------------------------------------- Susi Lehtola, FT Tutkijatohtori susi.lehtola.]|[.alumni.helsinki.fi Fysiikan laitos http://www.helsinki.fi/~jzlehtol Aalto-yliopisto ---------------------------------------------------------------