Molecular Spectrocopy,1e

Contents

Preface

About the Authors

1 Introduction

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

1.8.1 Signal to Noise Ratio

1.8.2 Resolving Power of a Spectrometer and Its Relation to Slit Width

1.8.3 Width of the Spectral Lines and Factors Affecting It

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

1.9.1 The Transition Probability

1.9.2 Boltzmann Distribution ...