Pawan Prajapati
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Answer:
Gross Selection Rule:moleculeswith permanent dipoles aremicrowaveactive (themoleculemust be polar), e.g. heteronuclear diatomics - HCl, CO, NO, etc. Homonuclear diatomics aremicrowave inactive(e.g. O2, N2, etc.) In other words, a dipole must be present in themoleculefor you to get a rotational spectrum.
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