molecular vibration

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molecular
adjective
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/məˈlek.jə.lər/us
/məˈlek.jə.lɚ/
relating to molecules (= the simplest units of a ...
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vibration
noun[C or U]
uk
/vaɪˈbreɪ.ʃən/us
/vaɪˈbreɪ.ʃən/
continuous quick, slight ...
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(Definition ofmolecularandvibrationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Molecular spectra can be obtained due to electron spin states (electron paramagnetic resonance), molecular rotations,molecularvibrationand electronic states.
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The lower wavelength limit was chosen to encompass the highest known vibration frequency due to a fundamentalmolecularvibration.
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In addition, other phenomena can be approximated by simple harmonic motion, including the motion of a simple pendulum as well asmolecularvibration.
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The term "representation" is used in group theory to classify the effect of symmetry operations on, in this case, amolecularvibration.
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An assumption underlying these expressions is that themolecularvibrationfollows simple harmonic motion.
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This energy, when dispersed asmolecularvibrationin solids and liquids (i.e., as both potential energy and kinetic energy of atoms), is heat.
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Examples include changes of the atomic arrangement associated with molecular vibrations and lattice vibrations and configuration changes in the course of elementary chemical reactions or during structural phase transitions.
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Furthermore, because of the buried nature of the f orbitals, coupling with molecular vibrations is weak.
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It is also possible to observe molecular vibrations by an inelastic scattering process.
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In nonradiative or dark decay, energy is given off via molecular vibrations (heat).
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As a result, when lattice vibrations or molecular vibrations induce relative displacements of the atoms, the centers of positive and negative charges are also displaced.
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Molecular vibrations and thermal motion make chemical species at the energetic equivalent of the top of a round hill very short-lived.
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Hence, all materials are bounded by limiting regions of absorption caused by atomic and molecular vibrations (bond-stretching) in the far-infrared (10 m).
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The infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum covers molecular vibrations which can characterize chemical bonding within the sample.
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Anharmonicity plays a role in lattice and molecular vibrations, in quantum oscillations (see), and in acoustics.
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Their 1928 paper considered the role of molecular vibrations in the transfer of energy between ultrasonic waves and gas molecules.
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This radiation is absorbed by molecular vibrations, where the different atoms in a molecule vibrate around their equilibrium positions.
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He also studied birefringence and molecular vibrations.
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Deuterium can be detected by femtosecond infrared spectroscopy, since the mass difference drastically affects the frequency of molecular vibrations; deuterium-carbon bond vibrations are found in locations free of other signals.
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The molecular vibrations are harmonic (at least to good approximation), which means that the atoms oscillate about their equilibrium, even at the absolute zero of temperature.
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