Infrared spectroscopy is the study of the interaction between matter and electromagnetic radiation in the infrared region. This type of spectroscopy is used to study the vibrations of molecules; typically, the energy of molecular vibrations is the same...

Device used to identify and measure the concentration of heteroatomic compounds in gases, in many nonaqueous liquids, and in some solids. FIGURE I.3 Infrared spectrophotometry instrument. The spectra from the IR instrument are referred to as...

Infrared spectroscopy (IR spectroscopy) is the subset of spectroscopy that deals with the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum. It covers a range of techniques, the most common being a form of absorption spectroscopy. As with all...

Near-infrared (NIR) methods of analysis were first developed by the USDA in the mid1960s. NIR spectroscopy grew as a popular method to perform rapid, nondestructive analyses over the past 35 years, enjoying widespread use in many applications for quality control and process analysis in...

The UK student population has grown by about 50% since the end of the 1980s and now stands at 1.5M. More than half of these people are mature students who wish to update their knowledge or to learn techniques that are new to...