Absorbance spectrum water quality

UV examination has been proved to be a relevant method for the study of water and wastewater quality using deconvolution methods of UV spectra. The absorbency spectrum of water can be decomposed from a few number of characteristic spectra (reference spectra). Therefore, a given spectrum can be reconstructed with a linear combination of reference spectra and all additive parameters can be computed with the same linear combination. Qualitative and quantitative results in terms of classical parameters such as TOC, COD, BOD5, TSS, nitrate,... can be provided. 

The use of UV spectrophotometry for the characterisation of natural water quality has led to several quantitative procedures, and the main ones are presented in Table 1. The first UV measurement for an environmental parameter (nitrate ion) was proposed 50 years ago [10], Based on the simple exploitation of UV spectrum, the measurement of absorbance at one (or two) wavelength has also been applied for other parameters such as COD and followed by multiwavelength procedures (see Chapter 2). This quick literature synthesis shows that only few parameters or compounds can be studied from... 

Water is the most important chemical constituent of fruits and vegetables and water highly absorbs NIR radiation, so the NIR spectrum of such materials is dominated by water. Further, the NIR spectrum is essentially composed of a large set of overtones and combination bands. This, in combination with the complex chemical composition of a typical fruit or vegetable causes the NIR spectrum to be highly convoluted. Multivariate statistical techniques are required to extract the information about quality attributes which is buried in the NIR spectrum Developments in multivariate statistical techniques such as partial least squares (PLS) regression and principal component analysis (PCA) are then applied to extract the required information from such convoluted spectra (Cozzolino et al., 2006b McClure, 2003 Naes et al., 2004 Nicolai et al., 2007 ). 

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As an alternative to infrared spectroscopy. Raman spectroscopy can be easier to use in some cases for example, whereas water and glass are strong infrared absorbers they are weak Raman scatterers, so that it is easy to produce a good-quality Raman spectrum of an aqueous sample in a glass container. 

The PPN of the spectrum in Figure 1.9 is 0.001 absorbance units. The portions of this spectrum that fall above the dashed line at 0.1 absorbance units have an SNR of 100 or better. Also note in Figure 1.9 that the spectrum has a flat baseline, little noise, the peaks are well resolved, there are no artifacts such as water vapor or CO2 peaks, and the overall SNR of the spectrum is good. This is what a good spectrum looks like. In contrast to Figure 1.9, the spectrum in Figure 1.10 is of low quality. 

Every spectrum measured on your FTIR should be examined for quality a poor sample spectrum can indicate problems with the FTIR. Figure 2.18 shows an example of a quality FTIR spectrum for your reference. For starters, all the peaks in an infrared spectrum need to be on scale. For Absorbance spectra the peaks should have a value of 2 or less, and for %Transmittance spectra all peaks should be above 10%. Recall that the minimum SNR for a peak to be real is 3 and that SNRs of >100 are routinely obtained with FTlRs. A quick look at the fuzziness in the baseline of a spectrum can give you a qualitative feel for the amount of noise in a given spectrum. Sample spectra should also have a flat baseline and be free of artifacts such as water vapor or CO2 peaks. If your sample spectrum suffers from any of these problems it... 

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