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Title: Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere
Post by: beartear on December 14, 2010, 06:27:00 PM

Hello,
What happens to carbon dioxide when it absorbs high frequency infrared radiation? Does it move "up and down?" Thanks  :)

Title: Re: Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere
Post by: cliverlong on December 15, 2010, 05:40:12 AM

Googling "carbon dioxide absorb ir"

Turned up these entries

http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/globalwarmA5.html

http://science.widener.edu/svb/ftir/ir_co2.html

Title: Re: Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere
Post by: Hybrid on December 15, 2010, 12:13:03 PM

yes it will undergo stretching and bending like any  molecules and it the one that give false C=O peaks in IR spectra