17 Facts About Infrared spectroscopy

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Infrared spectroscopy is the measurement of the interaction of infrared radiation with matter by absorption, emission, or reflection.

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The method or technique of infrared spectroscopy is conducted with an instrument called an infrared spectrometer which produces an infrared spectrum.

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Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy is a measurement technique that allows one to record infrared spectra.

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Infrared spectroscopy light is guided through an interferometer and then through the sample .

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Infrared spectroscopy is not the only method of studying molecular vibrational spectra.

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Raman Infrared spectroscopy involves an inelastic scattering process in which only part of the energy of an incident photon is absorbed by the molecule, and the remaining part is scattered and detected.

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Selection rules for infrared and for Raman spectroscopy are different at least for some molecular symmetries, so that the two methods are complementary in that they observe vibrations of different symmetries.

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IR Infrared spectroscopy is often used to identify structures because functional groups give rise to characteristic bands both in terms of intensity and position .

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Infrared spectroscopy is a simple and reliable technique widely used in both organic and inorganic chemistry, in research and industry.

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IR-Infrared spectroscopy has been successfully used in analysis and identification of pigments in paintings and other art objects such as illuminated manuscripts.

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Infrared spectroscopy is useful in measuring the degree of polymerization in polymer manufacture.

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Infrared spectroscopy has been successfully utilized in the field of semiconductor microelectronics: for example, infrared spectroscopy can be applied to semiconductors like silicon, gallium arsenide, gallium nitride, zinc selenide, amorphous silicon, silicon nitride, etc.

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In February 2014, NASA announced a greatly upgraded database, based on IR Infrared spectroscopy, for tracking polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the universe.

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Two-dimensional infrared correlation spectroscopy analysis combines multiple samples of infrared spectra to reveal more complex properties.

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Nonlinear two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy is the infrared version of correlation spectroscopy.

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Nonlinear two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy is a technique that has become available with the development of femtosecond infrared laser pulses.

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The COSY variant of nonlinear two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy has been used for determination of the secondary structure content of proteins.

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