Chemistry Consider a molecule of ammonia NH3. (a) Choose a suitable principal axis system and plot it with the molecule. (b) What is the approximate symmetry of the molecule? Is there any approximation that must be made to consider this symmetry? (c) What is the Hamiltonian for the rigid rotor of this molecule? Include structural parameters of the molecule.

Chemistry Consider a molecule of ammonia NH3. (a) Choose a suitable principal axis system and plot it with the molecule. (b) What is the approximate symmetry of the molecule? Is there any approximation that must be made to consider this symmetry? (c) What is the Hamiltonian for the rigid rotor of this molecule? Include structural parameters of the molecule.

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Chapter20: Molecular Spectroscopy And Photochemistry

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