We report vibrational Raman and infrared spectra for chemically separated CbO and C7e fullerenes. Thin film samples were prepared by subliming the chromatographically separated species onto appropriate substrates. The Cso Raman spectrum shows eight clear lines and two weaker ones. If CsO in fact has the proposed buckminsterhtllercne structure (as is strongly indicated by recent experiments), the present Raman measurements together with the four observed IR frequencies give a complete set of Raman and infrared active fundamental frequencies for this molecule. A comparison of this set with the calculated spectrum for buckminsterfullerene shows satisfactory agreement.

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A study is made of the ultrasonic field produced by a circular quartz crystal transducer and the integrated response of a quartz crystal receiver with the same dimensions as the transducer. The transducer and receiver are taken to be coaxial, and it is assumed that the transducer behaves as a piston source while the integrated response is proportional to the average pressure over the receiver area. Computations are made for cases of interest in the megacycle frequency range (ka-50 to 1000; a-piston radius; >,=wavelength; k=2•r/>,). The results contain features of use in identifying and correcting for diffraction errors. These features which apparently have been missed in previous investigations are compared with available experimental data. Finally correction formulas to account for diffraction effects in the accurate measurement of attenuation are discussed. It is shown that the order of magnitude of the diffraction attenuation is given by one decibel per a•/X.

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