Chemistry term

Fingerprint Region

In one sentence

The region of an IR spectrum that contains signals resulting from the vibrational excitation of most single bonds (stretching and bending).

The region of an IR spectrum that contains signals resulting from the vibrational excitation of most single bonds (stretching and bending).

The 1450500 -cm range in the infrared spectrum. Called the fingerprint region because it is unique to each compound.

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