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Does every wavenumber of IR result in a different kind of vibration?
Does every wavenumber of IR result in a different kind of vibration?
If that is true, what if a molecule absorb 2 different wavenumbers (which cause different rocking and symmetrical stretching for ...
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Why are overtones forbidden within the harmonic approximation?
In vibrational spectroscopy only transitions between neighboring vibrational states ($\Delta \nu = \pm 1$, $\nu$ being the vibrational quantum number) are allowed within the harmonic approximation. ...
