Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Spectroscopy:
The study of the interaction of matter and electromagnetic radiation (
photons
), usually as a function of the radiation
wavelength
.
An
NMR
spectrometer
.
A simulated
1
H-NMR
spectrum
of
sec
-butyl
ether
.
Related terms:
Spectrometry
,
mass spectrometry
,
mass spectrometer
,
infrared spectroscopy
,
infrared spectrophotometer
,
1
H-NMR
,
13
C-NMR
,
x-ray crystallography
,
x-ray diffractometer
,
bathochromic shift
,
red shift
,
hypsochromic shift
,
blue shift
,
λ
max
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