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When Is a Vibrational Mode of a Molecule Raman Active

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When is a vibrational mode of a molecule Raman active?


A) When the vibrational mode has the same symmetry as a component of the molecule's electric dipole moment vector.
B) When the vibrational mode has the same symmetry as a component of the molecule's polarizability.
C) Vibrational modes of molecules are Raman active only; they cannot be IR active at the same time

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