https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.08678
Appearance of more than one band in the spectrum of a crystal when only one is seen in that of the gas, when this splitting is attributed to either the molecule lying on a crystal site of lower symmetry than that of the gaseous molecule or to molecules occupying more than one type of crystal site. See crystal field splitting.
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Site splitting arises from the static intermolecular forces in the crystal.
Site splitting arises from the static intermolecular forces in the crystal.