5.2 FTIR INSTRUMENT:
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer are widely used in food analysis ,petrochemical engineering organic synthesis, polymer science, pharmaceutical industry . FTIR spectrometers can be hyphenated to chromatography, and the detection of unstable substances the mechanism of chemical reactions and can be investigated with such instruments.[27]
5.2.1 HISTORY:
The first one who found that a spectrum and its interferogram are related by a Fourier transform was Lord Rayleigh, in 1892. But the Fellget was the first one who has converted an interferogram to its spectrum. Fast Fourier transform method on which the modern FTIR spectrometer based was introduced to the world by Turkey and Cooley in 1965. It has wide application
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The signal-to-noise ratio of spectrum is higher than the previous generation infrared spectrometers.
2. The scan time of all frequencies is short (approximately 1 s). (4) The resolution is extremely high (0.1 ~ 0.005 cm-1)
3. The scan range is wide (1000 ~ 10 cm-1).
4. The resolution is extremely high (0.1 ~ 0.005 cm-1)
5. The interference from stray light is reduced
6. The accuracy of wavenumber is high. The error is in the range of ± 0.01 cm-1.[27]
5.2.5 THE COMPONENTS OF FTIR SPECTROMETERS
FTIR consist of a sample compartment source, and amplifier,detector, A/D convertor, inferometer, and a computer. The source generates radiation which passes the sample through the interferometer and then it reaches to the detector. In the next step the signal is amplified and converted to digital signal by using the amplifier and analog-to-digital converter. The signal is transferred to a computer in which Fourier transform is carried out. The block diagram of an FTIR spectrometer is given below:[27]
5.2.6 MICHELSON
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One of the mirror is a stationary mirror and other one is a movable mirror. The beam splitter is used to transmit half of the light and reflect half of the light. Subsequently, the transmitted light and the reflected light strike the stationary mirror and the movable mirror. When reflected back by the mirrors, two beams of light recombine with each other at the beam splitter.[27]
If the distances travelled by two beams are the same, it means that the distances between two mirrors and the beam splitter are the same and the situation is defined as zero path difference (ZPD). But imagine if the movable mirror moves away from the beam splitter, the light beam which strikes the movable mirror will travel a longer distance than the light beam which strikes the stationary mirror. The distance which the movable mirror is away from the ZPD is defined as the mirror displacement and is represented by ∆. It is obvious that the extra distance travelled by the light which strikes the movable mirror is 2∆. The extra distance is defined as the optical path difference (OPD) and is represented by delta. Therefore, δ =
Spectroscopy is the study of light. A spectrophotometer is a machine used to determine the absorbance of light at any given wavelength. It does this by using a source of white light through a prism, which gives multiple wavelengths that can be individually focused (Ayyagari and Nigam, 2007). Substances are put into cuvettes that are glass or quartz containers that light can easily travel through. The light that is being focused travels through the substance gets absorbed by the
Scientists use an instrument called a spectrometer to quantitatively determine the amount of light absorbed by a solution. The primary inner parts of a typical spectrometer are described below. The spectrometer has a light source that emits white light containing a vast mixture of different wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation. The wavelength of interest is then selected using a monochromator (“mono” meaning one and “chromate” meaning color) and an additional exit slit. The separation of white light into different colors (wavelengths) is known as diffraction. The selected light then reaches the sample and depending on how the light interacts with the chemical compound of interest, some of the light is absorbed and some passes straight through. By comparing the amount of light entering the sample (P0) with the amount of light reaching the detector (P), the spectrometer is able to tell how much light is absorbed by the sample.
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Table.2 shown the best results of vertical resolution used in shorter pulse duration is better for the higher frequency and very similar for the 1 GHz, 800 MHz and 500 MHz. More which explains why the results obtained in Tables 3 was the same for both frequency. Because of the different materials used in the experiments metallic and wooden bars, the resolution show the metal bars are worsen, due to their higher electromagnetic contrast, amongst other things. The second reflector, so a bigger separation is needed to detect it as discrete events. This effect is more relevant when the reflectors are closer to the antennas and particular for the 500 MHz antenna (Table 3). The horizontal resolution obtained for the 1 GHz and 800 MHz is very similar and much better than for the 500 MHz. As expected, horizontal resolution worsens as the reflectors are moved away from the frequency, mainly because their footprint size gets larger. In radargrams (a) and (b) of Figs. 9, 11 and 13, the
Time domain reflectometer (TDR) s an electronic instrument that uses time-domain reflectomer to characterize and locate faults in metallic cables (for example, twisted wires, and coaxial cables). It can also be used to locate discontinuities in a connector, printed circuit or any other electrical path.
Using the reflectance spectrum in these three states, only, does not have high accuracy, as shown in 3, 4 and 5 Tables. However, adding derivative spectrum increases R^2 to a large extent and decreases the relative RMSE. The highest〖 R〗^2, in a 1bit method, relating to the use of the reflectance spectrum code and the derivative code is for 400-1050 nm wavelengths to 2nd order and 500-800nm to 3rd order. In the 2bit case, using the reflectance spectrum and the derivative to 3rd order, in both used wavelength, had better function and the best result for the 3rd state was in the 400-10560nm wavelength to 3rd derivative and 500-800 nm to 2nd order derivative. Deletion of the blue region from the beginning of the spectrum and regions by more than 800nm wavelength were effective in improving the results. Although using 3bit code causes lengthening the disciplinary code, among these three states, by considering the reflectance spectrum and its derivative behavior in more detailed, was more successful than the first two states to manifest the
The machine uses different wavelengths of infrared light which is passed through the sample and the amount of light that is able to pass through is recorded by a detector on the opposite side of the light source. When covalently bonded atoms are irradiated with a specific wavelength of infrared light they can be symmetrically or asymmetrically stretched or bent. Through the process of measuring the absorption of differing infrared wavelengths by bonds, we can tell what type of bonds are present in a molecule. Certain bonds are known to absorb specific amounts of infrared light. This knowledge serves as a template in order to identify the bonds present in the product
Part A shows how limited the range of the Spectronic 20 spectrometer is. It did not measure transmittances below 400 nm or above 575 nm. This means the light source emitted those wavelengths of light so weakly they were not detected by the instrument.
To prevent the escape of organic vapors, the reaction mixture is cooled with an ice bath before removing the condenser. The next technique used in this experiment was simple distillation. This is a physical separation of the components of the mixture. This technique is accomplished once the drip rate of the product into the collection vessel diminishes considerably. After the reflux and distillation is complete 13C NMR and IR is used to identify the product or products for each reaction. 13C NMR is used to observe the carbon skeleton of an organic molecule. Analysis of this spectrum allows certain stretches to be observed. An IR spectrum has energy measured as frequency recorded on a horizontal axis and intensity of the absorption on the vertical axis. Analysis of the IR allows us to differentiate between certain characteristics and functional groups in organic chemistry.
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The natural frequency can be calculated using the magnitude of the smallest eigenvalue and by solving natural frequencies
After calibration, the most concentrated (known) solution was used to obtain max. The significance of this step is to set the spectrometer to measure at that particular wavelength1.
The duration of the amplitude is < 15mm in a precordial leads, as well as the duration.
Such delay can be introduced alternatively by calcite plates. Consequently, to detect spectral interference, and to trace the relative delay between the pulses in different channels, a small fraction (~2.5%) of the broadband beam was directed through a Glan-Thomson polarizer to the entrance of a fiber spectrometer. Because the Glan-Thomson polarizer projects S-and P-polarized components of adjacent channels on the same axis, and adjusts their relative amplitude depending on its angle, it can enable their spectral interference. Spectral fringes were recorded between pulses of ChDUV and ChVIS-UV, ChVIS-UV and ChVIS, as well as ChVIS and ChNIR. Once the two beams were brought to interference, spectral interferometry was used to derive the relative delays between pulses in adjacent channels.
The data obtained from PTF and PESSTO is a combination of flux and wavelength values, with wavelength range typically between 3000 and 9000Å. The flux values had to be de-reddened to account for absorption and scattering of the electromagnetic radiation from the SNe, due to dust and gas present in the interstellar medium and the Earth’s atmosphere. To do this a reddening