Symmetry and Spectroscopy: An Introduction to Vibrational and Electronic Spectroscopy

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Courier Corporation, Jan 1, 1989 - Science - 550 pages
Informal, effective undergraduate-level text introduces vibrational and electronic spectroscopy, presenting applications of group theory to the interpretation of UV, visible, and infrared spectra without assuming a high level of background knowledge. 200 problems with solutions. Numerous illustrations. "A uniform and consistent treatment of the subject matter." — Journal of Chemical Education.
 

Contents

Opening remarks
1
A skirmish with quantum mechanics
62
Vibrational spectroscopy
93
Molecular orbital theory
225
Electronic spectroscopy
307
A Character tables
421
B Direct products 479
E-1
Overtones of degenerate vibrations 492
E-14
F Energy conversions 498
Index 543
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