spectroscopy Articles
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What Is FTIR Spectroscopy?
We recently launched our newest product, the IR5 FTIR Spectrometer, but what is FTIR spectroscopy? This blog post will highlight the basics of FTIR spectroscopy, discussing how it works and what the resulting FTIR spectrum can reveal about your sample. Infrared Spectroscopy Infrared (IR) spectroscopy is one of the most used spectroscopic techniques in analytical laboratories for both qualitative ...
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Guide To Coolant In Oil Test Methods
Liquid cooled engines and rotating equipment use glycol based coolants because of their excellent heat transfer abilities. However, glycol based coolants are not desirable at all in lubrication oil itself – Coolant ingression to the lubricant is a particularly nasty contaminant for the variety of damage it can cause. Glycol coolants break down in the high temperature engine environment, ...
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New technologies for measuring the humidity of biomass
Methods applicable to a great variety of solid biofuels In recent years, systems have sprung up which use near infrared X-ray (NIR) spectroscopy, radio frequency (RF) and microwave spectroscopy as alternatives to the traditional method of measuring humidity by weight difference in the fuel burner. What these methods have in common is that they can be used for a great variety of solid biofuels, ...
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More durable or more vulnerable? - Effect of nanoparticles on long–term performance of polymeric nanocomposites during UV exposure
ZnO nanoparticle is being used as an inorganic UV absorber for polymers. However, the mechanism of how ZnO nanoparticles influence the photo degradation of polymersis is not well understood. This study has investigated the role of ZnO nanoparticles in the long–term performance of a polyurethane (PU) nanocomposite subject to UV radiation. PU samples containing different levels of ZnO nanoparticles ...
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Radiological hazard indices due to activity concentrations of natural radionuclides in farm soils from two high background radiation areas in Nigeria
Abeokuta and Jos Plateau, towns in the southwestern and northern parts of Nigeria, respectively, are situated in areas of high background radiation. The use of farm soil for the construction of dwellings by local residents and for agricultural purposes in these areas may present scenarios for both enhanced external and internal exposure pathways to the population. In order to assess the gamma ...
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More durable or more vulnerable? - Effect of nanoparticles on long-term performance of polymeric nanocomposites during UV exposure
ZnO nanoparticle is being used as an inorganic UV absorber for polymers. However, the mechanism of how ZnO nanoparticles influence the photo degradation of polymersis is not well understood. This study has investigated the role of ZnO nanoparticles in the long-term performance of a polyurethane (PU) nanocomposite subject to UV radiation. PU samples containing different levels of ZnO nanoparticles ...
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What is a Spectrometer?
In the broadest sense a spectrometer is any instrument that is used to measure the variation of a physical characteristic over a given range; i.e. a spectrum. This could be a mass-to-charge ratio spectrum in the case of a mass spectrometer, the variation of nuclear resonant frequencies in an NMR spectrometer or the change in the absorption and emission of light with wavelength in an optical ...
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