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HYPERFINE SPLITTING AND ROTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE DIATOMIC MOLECULE ZINC MONOSULFIDE, ZnS.\thanksSupport from CHE-1011214.

DANIEL J. FROHMAN, G. S. GRUBBS II AND STEWART E. NOVICK, Department of Chemistry, Wesleyan University, Hall-Atwater Laboratories, 52 Lawn Avenue, Middletown, CT 06459-0180.

⁶⁷Zn hyperfine structure has been observed in the diatomic molecule ZnS in the microwave (6-26 GHz) region. The molecule was synthesized by the use of a newly constructed laser ablation source based on the design of Walker and Gerry. Previous rotational studies of this molecule have been performed in the millimeter-wave region (370-471 GHz range). Rotational analyses, including the nuclear electric quadrupole coupling constant, will be discussed and compared with the literature.