Fourier transform infrared emission measurements

Infrared emission spectroscopy forms a valuable technique that can be plied in situ during the heat treatment. The technique of measurement of discrete vibrational frequencies emitted by thermally excited molecules, known as Fourier transform infrared emission spectroscopy (FTTR ES, or shortly lES) has not been widely used for the study of materials. The major advantages of lES are that the samples are analyzed in situ at increasing temperatures and lES requires no sample treatment other than that the sample should be of submicron particle size. Further, the technique removes the difficulties of heating tiie sample to temperatures where reactions take place with subsequent quenching prior to the measurement, because lES measures the process as it is actually taking place. 

Yokelson, R. J., R. Susott, D. E. Ward, J. Reardon, and D. W. T. Griffith, Emissions from Smoldering Combustion of Biomass Measured by Open-Path Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, . /. Geophys. Res., 102, 18865-18877 (1997). 

Spectroscopic detectors measure partial or complete energy absorption, energy emission, or mass spectra in real-time as analytes are separated on a chromatography column. Spectroscopic data provide the strongest evidence to support the identifications of analytes. However, depending on the spectroscopic technique, other method attributes such as sensitivity and peak area measurement accuracy may be reduced compared to some nonselective and selective detectors. The mass spectrometer and Fourier transform infrared spectrometer are examples of spectroscopic detectors used online with GC and HPLC. The diode array detector, which can measure the UV-VIS spectra of eluting analytes is a... 

The sodium hydroxide is titrated with HC1. In a thermometric titration (92), the sflicate solutionis treated first with hydrochloric acid to measure Na20 and then with hydrofluoric acid to determine precipitated SiCC. Lower sihca concentrations are measured with the silicomolybdate colorimetric method or instrumental techniques. X-ray fluorescence, atomic absorption and plasma emission spectroscopies, ion-selective electrodes, and ion chromatography are utilized to detect principal components as well as trace cationic and anionic impurities. Fourier transform infrared, ft-nmr, laser Raman, and x-ray... 

There are more techniques available on the market for the combustion exhaust composition measurement. For example, the Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Continuous emission monitoring system (CEMS) MultiGas 2030 provides real-time, simultaneous measurement of the concentrations of flue gas components ranging from water vapor, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, ElCl, ammonia, H2SO4, and many other compounds. Many organic species can... 

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Following a discussion between Bruce Chase and Tomas Hirschfeld, existing Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) instruments were modified to measure Raman spectra generated with krypton and YAG lasers (emitting at 647.1 nm and 1.064 jam). The Raman signals were directed into interferometers (modified for detection in the far-red and near-IR part of the spectrum) at the emission ports [45-47]. 

In Chapters 2 to 8 we describe the theory and instrumentation needed for an appreciation of the way that Fourier transform infrared and Raman spectra are measured today. The sampling techniques for and applications of FT-Raman spectrometry are described in Chapter 18. The remaining chapters cover the techniques and applications of absorption, reflection, emission, and photoacoustic spectrometry in the mid- and near-infrared spectral regions. 

G. Horlick, R. H. Hall, and W. K. Yuen, Atomic emission spectrochemical measurements with a Fourier transform spectrometer, in Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Techniques Using Fourier Transform Interferometry, J. R. Ferraro and L. J. Basile, Eds., Academic Press, New York, 1982, Vol. 3, p. 37. 

Atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS), atomic emission spectrometry (AES) [11], infrared (IR), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and Raman spectroscopy have all been studied at various times for the determination of silicon compounds. AAS has been used to determine silicon in methylisobutylketone, chloroform or petroleum ether extracts of packaging materials and foodstuffs [12-17]. However, these methods suffer from the disadvantage that they do not distinguish between organic and inorganic silicon compounds, similarly inductively coupled plasma AES measures total silicon [11]. 

Since the mid-1970s, most measurements of emission spectra of steady flames have used Fourier transform techniques. Figure 5 shows the emission spectrum measured from a premixed, stoichiometric CH4/O2 flame (total pressure equal to 18 torr) to which 3% CF3Br has been added as a flame suppressant. When appropriate, reduced-pressure flames are often studied because at reduced pressure the flame region is expanded, allowing more detailed study. The emission spectrum shown in Figure 5 was measured using a Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrometer at a resolution of 1 cm"k... 

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