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Inorganic Chemistry
Ferrocene Analysis by Mössbauer Spectroscopy
Description
Mössbauer spectroscopy is a bulk characterization technique used to study atoms in the solid state. It examines the nuclear excitation of an atom by gamma rays. The method gives a spectrum that can reveal the oxidation state, spin state, and electronic environment around the target atom.
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Transcript
M?ssbauer spectroscopy is a method for evaluating the oxidation state, electronic spin state, and electronic environment of an atom.
The nuclear spin angular momentum of an atom, or nuclear spin for short, describes the discrete energetic states available to a nucleus. The energy levels are affected by the oxidation state, electronic spin ...
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