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The O-H bond in water vibrates at a frequency of 3650cm-1. What wavelength and frequency of light would be required to change the vibrational quantum number from n=0 to n=4 assuming 0-H acts as a Harmonic oscillator?
For a Harmonic oscillator the enery is given by

where n =0,1,2............. and
is the frequency
which is given by

wher k is the spring constant and
is the reduced mass
given by

where
are the atomic
masses.
Here wavenumber is given as 3650 cm-1 for the O-H bond.



The energy difference between n = 0, n = 4

h = 6.62 * 10-34 Kg m2/s


is the
frequency required for this transition.
= 43932 *
106 Hz
