Electromagnetic radiation, infrared

Infrared spectroscopy, as with all forms of spectroscopy, depends on the interaction of molecules or atoms with electromagnetic radiation. Infrared radiation causes atoms and groups of atoms of organic compounds to vibrate with increased amplitude about the... 

Gaseous H CI has a strong absorption band centered at about X = 3.40 X 10 m in the infrared portion of the electromagnetic radiation spec-tmm. On the assumption that D bonds to Cl with the same str ength that H does, predict the frequency of vibration in Hz and rad of D CI. 

Electromagnetic radiation (Section 13 1) Vanous forms of ra diation propagated at the speed of light Electromagnetic radiation includes (among others) visible light infrared ul traviolet and microwave radiation and radio waves cos mic rays and X rays... 

Colorimetry, in which a sample absorbs visible light, is one example of a spectroscopic method of analysis. At the end of the nineteenth century, spectroscopy was limited to the absorption, emission, and scattering of visible, ultraviolet, and infrared electromagnetic radiation. During the twentieth century, spectroscopy has been extended to include other forms of electromagnetic radiation (photon spectroscopy), such as X-rays, microwaves, and radio waves, as well as energetic particles (particle spectroscopy), such as electrons and ions. ... 

The focus of this chapter is photon spectroscopy, using ultraviolet, visible, and infrared radiation. Because these techniques use a common set of optical devices for dispersing and focusing the radiation, they often are identified as optical spectroscopies. For convenience we will usually use the simpler term spectroscopy in place of photon spectroscopy or optical spectroscopy however, it should be understood that we are considering only a limited part of a much broader area of analytical methods. Before we examine specific spectroscopic methods, however, we first review the properties of electromagnetic radiation. 

In absorption spectroscopy a beam of electromagnetic radiation passes through a sample. Much of the radiation is transmitted without a loss in intensity. At selected frequencies, however, the radiation s intensity is attenuated. This process of attenuation is called absorption. Two general requirements must be met if an analyte is to absorb electromagnetic radiation. The first requirement is that there must be a mechanism by which the radiation s electric field or magnetic field interacts with the analyte. For ultraviolet and visible radiation, this interaction involves the electronic energy of valence electrons. A chemical bond s vibrational energy is altered by the absorbance of infrared radiation. A more detailed treatment of this interaction, and its importance in deter-... 

As discussed earlier in Section lOC.l, ultraviolet, visible and infrared absorption bands result from the absorption of electromagnetic radiation by specific valence electrons or bonds. The energy at which the absorption occurs, as well as the intensity of the absorption, is determined by the chemical environment of the absorbing moiety. Eor example, benzene has several ultraviolet absorption bands due to 7t —> 71 transitions. The position and intensity of two of these bands, 203.5 nm (8 = 7400) and 254 nm (8 = 204), are very sensitive to substitution. Eor benzoic acid, in which a carboxylic acid group replaces one of the aromatic hydrogens, the... 

In the process of absorption or emission of infrared radiation involving transitions between two vibrational states the interaction is usually between the molecule and the electric, rather than the magnetic, component of the electromagnetic radiation (see Section 2.1). For this... 

The vibrational motions of the chemically bound constituents of matter have fre-quencies in the infrared regime. The oscillations induced by certain vibrational modes provide a means for matter to couple with an impinging beam of infrared electromagnetic radiation and to exchange energy with it when the frequencies are in resonance. In the infrared experiment, the intensity of a beam of infrared radiation is measured before (Iq) and after (7) it interacts with the sample as a function of light frequency, w[. A plot of I/Iq versus frequency is the infrared spectrum. The identities, surrounding environments, and concentrations of the chemical bonds that are present can be determined. 

The noncontact measurement principle, usually called optical or radiation temperature measurement, is based on detecting electromagnetic radiation emitted from an object. In ventilation applications this method of measurement is used to determine surface temperatures in the infrared region. The advantage is that the measurement can be carried out from a distance, without contact with the surface, which possibly influences the heat balance and the temperatures. The disadvantages are that neither air (or other fluid) temperature nor internal temperature of a material can be measured. Also the temper-... 

Thermal radiation is electromagnetic radiation covering wavelengths from 2 to 16 p,m (infrared). It is the net result of radiation emitted by radiating substances such as HjO, CO2, and soot (often dominant in fireballs and pool fires), absorption by these substances, and scatter. This section presents general methods to describe... 

Arrange the following types of photons of electromagnetic radiation in order of increasing frequency visible light, radio waves, ultraviolet radiation, infrared radiation. 

Infrared radiation is electromagnetic radiation lying at longer wavelengths (lower frequencies) than red light a typical wavelength is about 1000 nm. A wavelength of 1000 nm corresponds to a frequency of about 3 X 1014 Hz, which is comparable to the frequency at which molecules vibrate. Therefore, molecules can absorb infrared radiation and become vibrationally excited. 

Infrared (IR) thermography is one of the most advanced non-destructive (NDT) methods based on the fact that all bodies whose absolute temperature is above zero emit electromagnetic radiation over a wide spectrum of wavelengths depending on the temperature. Recently, several researchers have applied it to micro-scale temperature measurement. Hetsroni et al. (2001a) constructed a thermal micro-system... 

When you bake in the sun, your body absorbs energy from sunlight. Infrared radiation from a heat lamp in a restaurant keeps food warm until the server delivers the meal to the customer. When a microwave oven cooks food, the food absorbs energy from microwave radiation. Sunlight, infrared light, and microwaves are examples of electromagnetic radiation, which possesses radiant energy, as we discuss in Chapter 7. 

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