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THE Raman spectrum of gaseous germanium tetrafluoride at 1.8 atm. has been investigated with mercury arc excitation, and two lines have been observed. One is excited by λ 4358 and the other by λ 4046 A., the measured Δν-values being 737.1 and 738.4 cm.−1 respectively. This shift may with confidence be identified with the symmetrical breathing frequency of the tetrahedral GeF4 molecule, to which we assign the value ν1 = 738 ± 2 cm.−1.
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CAUNT, A., SHORT, L. & WOODWARD, L. Raman and Infra-Red Spectra of Germanium Tetrafluoride. Nature 168, 557 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/168557a0
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