September 2018
Intermediate to advanced
822 pages
27h 53m
English
Deuterated methane (CD4) (synonym perdeuteromethane) has deuterium substituted for hydrogen atoms in methane. It is a stable compound, highly flammable, and readily forms explosive mixture with air. CD4 molecule has four fundamental vibrational modes as shown in Table 54.1.
Table 54.2 shows selected references for data on CD4.
TABLE 54.1Fundamental Vibrational Modes of CD4 and Comparison with Those of Methane
Energy (eV) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
Designation |
Mode |
CD4 |
CH4 |
v1 |
Symmetric stretch |
0.261 |
0.362 |
v2 |
Degenerate deformation ... | ||
Read now
Unlock full access