Hydrogen is found in two naturally occurring isotopes;
Chapter 42, Problem 42.52(choose chapter or problem)
Hydrogen is found in two naturally occurring isotopes; normal hydrogen (containing a single proton in its nucleus) and deuterium (having a proton and a neutron). Assuming that both molecules are the same size and that the proton and neutron have the same mass (which is almost the case), find the ratio of
(a) the energy of any given rotational state in a diatomic hydrogen molecule to the energy of the same state in a diatomic deuterium molecule and
(b) the energy of any given vibrational state in hydrogen to the same state in deuterium (assuming that the force constant is the same for both molecules). Why is it physically reasonable that the force constant would be the same for hydrogen and deuterium molecules?
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