THE EMISSION SPECTRUM OF InCl - REVISITED

$^{1}$ W. J. Balfour and K.S. Chandrasekhar. J. Mol. Spectrosc. 124, 443 (1987) $^{2}$ K. Perumalsamy, S.B. Rai, K.N. Upadhya and D.K. Rai, Physica C 132, 122 (1985)Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, University of VictoriaHollow cathode excitation spectra of $InCl_{3}/In/He$ mixtures are rich in bands throughout the 320 - 335 and 360 - 420 nm regions. Some of these bands have hitherto been attributed to the $InCl^{-} ion^{1}$, while others had been assigned to the neutral InCl $species^{2}$ or remained unassigned. These spectra have been critically re-examined, Franck-Condon factors have been computed, and virtually all of the observed bands can be satisfactorily accounted for. The so-called $A^{\prime} - X$ bands of InCl in the 360 - 420 run region are shown to be due to InCl'. Vibrational and rotational data in support of the assignments /reassignments will be presented