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Why are emission and absorption spectra of molecules so much broader than atomic emission and absorption...

Why are emission and absorption spectra of molecules so much broader than atomic emission and absorption spectra? [HINT: Think about a molecular spectrum (like measuring the absorbance of quinine) vs analyzing calcium on an AAS.]

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Answer. Because in case of molecules the probalitiy distribution of electron density is larger in comparison to singly localized electronic distribution of a single element. The large electronic distribution lead to overlap the spectra coming from different electrons and gives a broader peak while in case of an element due to fixed location of electron density it gives much sharper peak.

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