The Structure of Liquid Carbon Tetrachloride

Abstract

Monochromatic x‐ray diffraction patterns of liquid CCl₄ at 25°C and at −20°C have been analyzed to obtain radial electron density distribution curves. These curves show discrete peaks corresponding to distances between atoms in a molecule (1.7A and 2.9A at −20°C; 1.74A and 2.92A at 25°C), as well as other peaks (3.6A, 4.1A, and 6.4A at −20°C; 4.0A and 6.3A at 25°C) which are not discrete and which represent distances between atoms in different molecules.