# Spectrochemistry

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'''Spectrochemistry''' is the application of [spectroscopy](/source/spectroscopy) in any of several fields of [chemistry](/source/chemistry).

It includes the analysis of [spectra](/source/spectrum) in chemical terms, and the use of spectra to derive the structure of chemical compounds, and to qualitatively and quantitatively analyze their presence in samples.

==References==
*OED 2nd edition 1989

Category:Spectroscopy

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