Polarizability

Lyman alpha: n 2→1 , 121.6 nm, 82237 cm-1, 2.465e15 Hz, 10.196 eV


From 100th CRC handbook

α 1e-30 m³

Page

Wt

Ref

1st eV

Page

Hydrogen (atomic)

0.666793

10-96

1

a 1

13.598433

10-111

Carbon (atomic)

1.67

10-96

12

a 5

11.26030

10-111

Nitrogen (atomic)

1.1

10-96

14

a 40

14.5341

10-111

Oxygen (atomic)

0.77

10-96

16

a 2

13.61805

10-111

Fluorine (atomic)

0.557

10-96

19

a 1

17.4228

10-111

Chlorine (atomic)

2.16

10-97

36

a 6

12.96763

10-111

Aluminum

8.22

10-97

27

a 31

_5.985768

10-111

Helium

0.2050522

10-96

4

a 3

24.587387

10-111

Neon

0.39432

10-96

20

a 6

21.56454

10-111

Argon

1.6411

10-97

40

a 13

16.759610

10-111

Krypton

2.4844

10-97

84

a 13

13.99961

10-111

Xenon

4.044

10-98

131

a 1

12.12984

10-112

Hydrogen H₂

0.842

10-105

2

m 6

15.42593

10-123

Nitrogen N₂

1.7403

10-106

28

m 6

15.5808

10-126

Oxygen O₂

1.5689

10-107

32

m 34

12.0697

10-127

Fluorine F₂

1.38

10-104

38

m 7

15.697

10-122

Chlorine Cl₂

4.61

10-101

71

m 3

11.480

10-118

Hydroxyl HO

1.50

other

17

m 99

13.0170

10-123

Nitric Oxide NO

1.70

10-106

30

m 2

_9.26438

10-126

Nitrous Oxide N₂O

3.03

10-106

44

m 8

12.886

10-127

Water H₂O

1.45

10-109

18

m 2

12.606

10-131

Carbon Monoxide CO

1.95

10-101

28

m 3

14.010

10-117

Carbon Dioxide CO₂

2.911

10-101

44

m 8

13.773

10-117

Ammonia NH₃

2.22

10-99

17

m 33

10.070

10-115

Methane CH₄

2.593

10-105

16

m 6

12.61

10-125

Ethane C₂H₆

4.47

10-103

30

m 3

11.56

10-121

Propane C₃H₈

6.37

10-107

44

m 2

10.95

10-128

Butane C₄H₁₀

8.20

10-100

58

m 2

10.53

10-117

Pentane C₅H₁₂

9.99

10-107

72

m 2

10.28

10-127

Hexane C₆H₁₄

11.9

10-104

86

m 2

10.13

10-123

Heptane C₇H₁₆

13.61

10-104

100

m 2

_9.93

10-123

Octane C₈H₁₈

15.9

10-106

114

m 2

_9.80

10-127

Nonane C₉H₂₀

17.36

10-106

128

m 27

_9.71

10-127

Decane C₁₀H₂₂

19.10

10-102

142

m 27

_9.65

10-119

Benzene C₆H₆

10.32

10-99

78

m 33

_9.24378

10-116

Methanol !CH₄O

3.29

10-105

32

m 2

10.85

10-125

Ethanol !C₂H₆O

5.41

10-103

46

m 2

10.43

10-121

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a 2

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a 3

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a 5

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a 6

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a 13

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a 31

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a 40

BO Roos, R Lindh, PÅ Malmqvist, V Veryazov, PO Widmark - J. Phys. Chem. A 108, 2851, 2004

m 2

AA Marryott, F Buckley - U.S. National Bureau of Standard Circular No. 537, 1953

multiply molar polarization by 3/(4 pi Na) = 0.3964308e-30 m³

m 3

JO Hirshfelder, CF Curtis, RB Bird - Molecular Theory of Gases and Liquids, Wiley, 1954 p. 954 / PSU QC173.H54

m 6

AC Newell, RC Baird - J. Appl. Phys. 36, 3751, 1965

m 7

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m 8

TK Bose, RH Cole - J. Chem. Phys. 52, 140, 1970

m 27

KT No, KH Cho, MS Jhon, HA Scheraga - J. Am. Chem. Soc. 115, 2005, 1993

m 33

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m 34

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m 99

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