Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1234179 | Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy | 2010 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Optical absorption and EPR studies of the mineral tenorite, a cupric oxide which originated from Mexico and contains 54.40 wt% of CuO. EPR spectral results indicate two Cu(II) closely interacting ions to give a d2 type structure. The calculated spin Hamiltonian at room temperature and liquid nitrogen temperature is g = 2.160 and D = 125 G. The intensity of resonance line is not the same in low and high field regions. The optical absorption spectrum is due to Cu(II) in which three sets of energies indicating Cu(II) in two independent tetragonal C4v symmetry, in addition to d2 structure of octahedral coordination. The octahedral and tetragonal field parameters are compared with those reported for several other copper containing minerals.
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Authors
R. Rama Subba Reddy, S. Lakshmi Reddy, P.S. Rao, R.L. Frost,