Finding Website with Vibrational Energy & StatMech Explanations

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The discussion centers on finding a website that explains the distribution of vibrational energy in molecules, specifically referencing statistical mechanics concepts such as partition functions. The user is seeking a resource that presents these topics in an accessible format, rather than in a research paper. A suggested resource is the MIT OpenCourseWare lecture notes for Physical Chemistry II, which may contain relevant information.

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Dear Forum
I'm new here and looking forward to many interesting discussions.
At the moment, I was just trying to find a website where it was nicely explained how vibrational energy gets distributed over a molecule. The explanations were accompanied by a couple of equations, with partition functions and that kind of stuff, so I guess something StatMech related. But can't find it right now. Does anybody seem to know what I might be looking for? Done google, but I know it was not in a research paper, rather some plain HTML from some dude.
Thanks and have a nice one.
 
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