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Molecular Motion

Molecules and everything in them can move in many ways, and energy is associated with all of those different kinds of motion. There is translational movement. Molecules can move from one place to another.There is also rotational movement. That is, they can turn around and around.The third way shown here is vibrational movement.In addition, electrons can move from place to place and orbital to orbital.

These types of motion and the energy associated with them influence the physical properties of chemicals. The color of chemicals is often associated with changes in electron energy levels.

The phase of chemicals is associated with translational and rotational motion of molecules. In the gas phase molecules are free to move from one place to another and also have considerable translational motion.

Rotational motion can involve the entire molecule rotating or the internal parts of the molecule rotating with respect to one another. These types of rotation are found in molecules in both the gas phase and the liquid phase.

Vibrational motion is found in molecules in all three of the phases. It is the vibrational motion and the energy needed to change it that we will focus on now.

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