Molecular Spectrocopy,1e

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Introduction

CHAPTER OBJECTIVES

1.1 Spectroscopy

1.2 Nature of Electromagnetic Radiations

1.3 Characteristics of Electromagnetic Radiations and Atoms/Molecules

1.4 Born-Oppenheimer Approximation

1.5 Schrödinger Wave Equation

1.6 General Condition of Resonance, i.e., Absorption or Emission

1.7 Molecular Spectroscopy and Spectral Regions

1.8 Spectrum and Basic Elements of a Single and Double Beam Absorption Spectrometer

1.9 Intensity of the Spectral Bands (or Quantum Mechanical Treatment of Transition Between Two States)

1.10 Limit of Sensitivity of the Spectroscopic Method of Identification of Substances

1.11 Fourier Transform (FT) and Computer Average Transient (CAT)

1.12 Fitting of a Straight Line and Method of Least Squares

1.1 SPECTROSCOPY ...