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Title: How do lasers identify chemical structures?
Post by: thedoc on 17/05/2011 16:56:01

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Title: How do lasers identify chemical structures?
Post by: Bored chemist on 18/05/2011 06:58:04

"How do lasers identify chemical structures?"
They don't.
Generally it's chemists who do that. They might use lasers.