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A-level Chemistry/OCR (Salters)/IR
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Infrared spectroscopy is a spectroscopic technique used for structure determination. You can use the infrared spectrum of an unknown compound to help identify it.
Animations
animation of C=O stretching in propanone (5.4 MB)
External links
More detailed discussion of IR