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IN a recent communication1, Coulson, Duchesne and Manneback have pointed out that the positive sign of the cross-term constant, gc, in the P.E. function of the water molecule can be accounted for by supposing that the hybridization of the oxygen bond-forming orbitals changes during a vibration. We had come to exactly the same conclusion, and our reasons for this are contained in a communication to the Faraday Society which is awaiting publication2.
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Coulson, Duchesne and Manneback, Nature, 160, 794 (1947).
Heath and Linnett, Trans. Farad. Soc., in the press.
Urey and Bradley, Phys. Rev., 38, 1969 (1931).
Heath and Linnett, Trans. Farad. Soc., in the press.
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HEATH, D., LINNETT, J. Interaction Terms in Molecular Vibrations. Nature 161, 243 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161243a0
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