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*Infrared Spectroscopy- is the spectroscopy that
deals with the infrared region of the
electromagnetic spectrum, that is light with a longer
wavelength and lower frequency than visible light.
- It also the measurement of the wavelength and intensity of
the absorption of mid-infrared light by a sample.
The wavelength of infrared absorption bonds is characteristic
of specific types of chemical bonds it can either identify
organic or organometallic molecules.
Theory of Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy- for a
molecule to absorb IR, the vibrations and rotations within a
molecule must cause a net change in the dipole moment of
the molecule. Electrical field of the radiation interacts with
fluctuations in the dipole moment of the molecules.
If the frequency of the radiation matches the vibrational
frequency of the molecule then the radiation will be
absorbed.
Rotational transitions are little use in spectroscopist
because it is quantized and absorptions of IR by gases yields
line spectra. If there are liquid or solids in the spectra, the
line broaden into a continuum due to molecular collisions
and other interactions.
If a molecule is in an excited vibrational state will have a
rotational energy and can lose energy in a transition.
The total energy content of the molecule is given by the sum
of the vibrational and rotational energies. For a molecule in a
specific vibrational and rotational state, denoted by the pair
of quantum numbers (v, J).

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Molecular Vibrations- In order to predict equilibrium
stable-isotope fractionations, it is necessary to know the
characteristic frequencies of molecular vibrations. Because
vibrational frequency in a molecule changes when a heavy
isotope is substituted for a light one.
Frequencies are most commonly measured with infrared or
Raman spectroscopy.
Quantum Treatment of Vibrations- Transitions in
vibrational energy levels can be brought about by absorption
of radiation, If the radiation exactly matches the difference in
energy levels between the vibrational quantum then it will
cause a fluctuation to the dipole.
Infrared spectrophotometer- is an instrument that passes
infrared light through an organic molecule and produces a
spectrum that contains a plot of the amount of light
transmitted on the vertical axis against the wavelength of
infrared radiation on the horizontal axis.
Infrared spectra- the absorption peaks point downward
because the vertical axis is the percentage transmittance of
the radiation through the sample.
Infrared Spectrophotometer- how does it work?
- When the laser is fired, the mirror will reflect the light into
the beam splitter which the light of the laser splits into two.
Then the beams will scan the sample passes through them,
gets reflected by mirrors again and beams collide with the
help of the focusing lens and becomes one goes to the notch
filter. And you can see your sample data in your
spectrometer.