The spin-lattice relaxation time T₁ has been measured in gaseous CH₄ as a function of density at room temperature. The density region investigated is from 0.006 to 7.0 amagats and T₁ passes through a minimum near 0.04 amagats. The spin-rotation interaction is the dominant relaxation mechanism in gaseous CH₄. Since the spin-rotation constants are accurately known for CH₄, the results provide a check on the existing theory of spin-lattice relaxation for spherical top molecules. An interesting feature was the failure of commonly used theoretical expressions for the density dependence of T₁ to fit the experimental data. A reasonable explanation is that the centrifugal distortion of the CH₄ molecule is indirectly contributing to the spin-lattice relaxation. / Science, Faculty of / Physics and Astronomy, Department of / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/34092 |
| Date | January 1971 |
| Creators | Beckmann, Peter Adrian |
| Publisher | University of British Columbia |
| Source Sets | University of British Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis/Dissertation |
| Rights | For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use. |
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