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IR SPECTROSCOPY II.h

· A covalent bond continually vibrates.
•The frequency of a vibration must match the
frequency 
of irradiation
for absorption
to occur.
• A dipole
moment must
be created by
the vibration
IR Spect. = “Functional group detector”