RAMAN SPECTRUM OF CRYSTALLINE SODIUM CITRATE

Abstract

Using the y 2537 radiation of a mercury arc as exciter, the Raman spectrum of a single crystal of trisodium citrate (Na3C6H5O2.5H2O) has been photographed. Of the 28 Raman lines observed, five lines have been assigned to lattice oscillations, twenty lines to internal oscillations and the remaining three lines to the oscillations of the water molecule.