RUTHENIUM PURE QUADRUPOLE RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-2860(80)85043-5

The unique chemistry of ruthenium and consequent potential importance of the quadrupole coupling constants and asymmetry parameters of 99Ru and 101Ru has prompted us to initiate an apparently original investigation of the pure nuclear quadrupole resonance spectroscopy of these two isotopes.A means for prediction of the expected resonance frequencies based on Mossbauer data is given and detailed circuit diagrams of a spectrometer which has been constructed primarly for ruthenium studies are presented.Preliminary searches carried out for ruthenium tris-acetylacetonate and bis-ruthenium tetroxide have so far failed to yield signals.Possible explanation for this are discussed and the value of continuing the work defended.