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Consider a model of a diatomic molecule with pointmass atoms of mass m1 and m2, separate...

Consider a model of a diatomic molecule with pointmass atoms of mass m1 and m2, separated by a distance R. (a) Show that the rotational inertia of the molecule is I = μR2, where the reduced mass μ=m1 m2/(m1 + m2). (b) Compute the rotational inertia of NaCl, which has a bond length of 0.236 nm. Assume the most common isotopes of sodium and chlorine.

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