A vibrating HI molecule may be treated as an oscillating H atom and a stationary I atom. By what factor will the vibrational frequency of the molecule change when H is replaced by deuterium?

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A vibrating HI molecule may be treated as an oscillating H atom and a stationary I atom. By what factor will the vibrational frequency of the molecule change when H is replaced by deuterium?

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