Lecture 9 Vibrational Spectroscopy
Only photons of one specified wavelength are absorbed Ground state Excited state
Width Doppler Speed of light 300,000,000 m/s Velocity of a particle >1000 m/s collisions Approximately as Doppler Both effects increase with the temperature and decrease with the size of the molecule/atom Multiple energy levels Width is around nm in visible area
Energy levels of ground state Energy levels of excited state Energy sublevels
A primitive rule: Molecular spectra - wide bands Atomic spectra - narrow lines
Dissociation energy Energy level/ vibrational quantum number 2 - real (anharmonic) oscilator 1 - ideal (harmonic) oscilator
a1a1 1CH 2 s-str SSgas SS a1a1 2CO str VSVSgas WW a1a1 3CH 2 scis SSgas MM b1b1 4CH 2 a-str VSVSgas2866 WW b1b1 5CH 2 rock SSgas b2b2 6CH 2 wag SSgas Raman IR
Frequency Wavenumber
Carbon Monoxide in gas
Rayleigh scattering No changes!
Raman scattering Escaping photon has smaller energy because the molecule did not return to the ground state
Raman scattering