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In the IR of air shown below, the region for water at 1500 cm-1 is hard to individually assign peaks due to their "spikey" nature. Is there any specific reason for this or does it just happen? Is it potentially due to interactions from other hydrogen in the air sample maybe binding to the water or interfering with it in some way?

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    $\begingroup$ This may help: chemistry.stackexchange.com/a/116536/79678. $\endgroup$
    – Ed V
    Mar 22 at 12:38
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    $\begingroup$ Instead of spikes, the proper spectroscopic term is rotational line structure. Those are actual transitions. $\endgroup$
    – AChem
    Mar 22 at 14:03
  • $\begingroup$ Can the rotational line structures ever be individually identified to a vibrational mode or are there too many that it's not possible? $\endgroup$
    – Audrix
    Mar 22 at 14:11
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    $\begingroup$ yes. A standard undergraduate experiment is to measure at the vibrational -rotational spectrum of HCL. In the HCL as in the water the spectrum measures transitions from rotational levels associated with one vibrational level to rotational transitions in the next vibrational level. (A spectrometer with good resolution is needed also, $1\, \mathrm{cm}^{-1}$ or better) $\endgroup$
    – porphyrin
    Mar 23 at 12:13

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