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This research aims to understand how temperature affects the thermal motion of atoms in crystalline naphthalene.

Temperature dependence of thermal motion in crystalline naphthalene

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Randomized trial measures thermal motion properties of naphthalene at varying temperatures, suggesting further insights into molecular behavior.

This research aims to understand how temperature affects the thermal motion of atoms in crystalline naphthalene.
Measured single-crystal data for naphthalene at temperatures between 90 and 240 K.
Refined positional and thermal parameters for carbon and hydrogen atoms using least-squares techniques.
Analyzed corrected thermal parameters to determine rigid-body translational and librational tensors.
Determined absolute magnitudes and temperature dependence of thermal motion in naphthalene.
Identified significant contributions of internal molecular modes to atomic motions.
Compared experimental values with predictions from atom-atom potentials and spectroscopic data.

Brock et al. (1982) studied this question.

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Randomized trial measures thermal motion properties of naphthalene at varying temperatures, suggesting further insights into molecular behavior.