Chemistry A-Level
Broad peak shape caused by hydrogen bonding
What Broad peak shape caused by hydrogen bonding means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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The absorption is broad because hydrogen bonding varies the O–H bond strength across many molecules, spreading the absorption over a range of wavenumbers.
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