The wavelength of the emitted photon from the hydrogen molecule H2 is 2.30 μm (micrometers) when the vibrational quantum number decreases by one.  What is the effective "spring constant" for the H2 molecule in N/m ? What is the "zero point" energy (in eV) of the molecular vibration?

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The wavelength of the emitted photon from the hydrogen molecule H2 is 2.30 μm
(micrometers) when the vibrational quantum number decreases by one.

 What is the effective "spring constant" for the H2 molecule in N/m ?
What is the "zero point" energy (in eV) of the molecular vibration?

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