//Chapter 2: Spectroscopy and Photochemistry //Problem: 7 clc; //Declaration of Constants pi = 3.141 // pi c = 3 * 10 ** 10 // speed of light, cm /s h = 6.626 * 10 ** -34 // Plank's constant, J.sec Na = 6.022 * 10 ** 23 // Mole constant, /mol //Declaration of Variables d = 20.7 // Interspacing, /cm m1 = 1 // Mass of H, g / mol m2 = 35.5 // Masso f Cl, g / mol // Solution B = 0.1035 * 10 ** 2 // /m I = h / (8 * pi ** 2 * B * c) mu = m1 * m2 / ((m1 + m2) * Na) mu = mu * 10 ** -3 r = sqrt(I / mu) mprintf("The intermolecular distance of HCl is %.3e m",r) // The answer provided in the textbook is wrong