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yang_dong

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quick question
« on: May 27, 2014, 09:58:35 pm »
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why wavenumber is graphed rather than the wavelength of the radiation in spectroscopy (eg. IR spec)
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Re: quick question
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2014, 10:12:30 pm »
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I know that the wavenumber is the reciprocal of wavelength (1/λ) with the units of cm–1.
However never thought of the reason this is :/
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