Answer to Question #335352 in Inorganic Chemistry for Nilu

Question

What do you understand by non rigid rator explain how it's spectra differ from rigid rotor

Answer 1

Rigid rotator is used to describe the rotational energy of diatonic molecules but it is not completely accurate description of such molecules and this is because molecular bonds are not completely fixed whiles the non rigid rotator is a combination of two atoms in which after rotation the distance between two molecules