Timeline for For a molecule, does the term 'thermal vibration' mean the same thing as 'molecular vibration'?
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| Aug 23, 2018 at 19:10 | answer | added | drvrm | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 23, 2018 at 16:29 | answer | added | John Rennie | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 23, 2018 at 16:14 | comment | added | adam3033 | Yes. But I was wondering if there was a secondary-type vibration of the atoms (the particles themselves), other than the molecular vibration, that would be considered the random thermal motion (or vibration). Do you see what I mean? | |
| Aug 23, 2018 at 16:04 | comment | added | user3408085 | I personally associate "thermal vibrations" to how atoms vibrate in solid lattice (phonons), and "molecular vibration" with the vibration modes of a single molecule. Here's a similar question: Is molecular vibration just phonon modes for a single molecule? | |
| Aug 23, 2018 at 15:53 | history | asked | adam3033 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |