DENSITY EFFECTS IN THE RAMAN SPECTRUM OF CARBON DIOXIDE

Abstract

Two Raman tubes, one of quartz and one of glass, capable of withstanding pressures up to 75 and 300 atm. respectively, were used to study density effects in the Raman spectrum of carbon dioxide. The components of the ν1 band show changes in frequency and relative intensity with increasing density. An analysis shows that the frequency changes are due to a lowering of the frequency of 2ν2, in Fermi resonance with ν1, with increasing density. The intensity effect, however, is not completely explained by the change in the sharpness of the resonance. In the high pressure gas and in the liquid faint bands corresponding to the Raman inactive frequencies, ν2 and ν3, are observed. The effect of increasing density on the rotational Raman spectrum can be explained in terms of the broadening of anisotropic scattering by intermolecular forces.