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No all molecules do not absorb infrared radiation. Some of them do.

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No, not all molecules absorb infrared radiation. Only molecules with specific molecular vibrations that match the energy of infrared radiation can absorb it. These vibrations involve changes in dipole moment or stretching/bending of bonds.

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