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[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wasn't that 1500 whatever-the-unit-was? Below 1000 whatever-the-unit-was was the fingerprint bands, 3400ish whatever-the-unit-was was the O-H bonds, 3100ish whatever-the-unit-was was N-H bonds, 2900ish whatever-the-unit-was was the triple-to-C-H bonds, etc.

Ugh. The lab portion for that was so tedious. We would have to sketch the expected resonance patterns by hand for a bunch of different molecules. I loved the simplicity of the hydrogen bond nuclear resonance imaging so much more.

[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Honestly, I memorised the bands once in orgo, and never looked at them again, so you're more likely to know than I.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

uh, frequency is Hz (hertz) unit to my memory. if that's what you're using

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

It could also be scaled (THz) or when working with light given as a wavelength (nm) and sometimes even photon energy (eV).

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago

I mean, it sounds right. It's been so long that I've forgotten.