Record grooves effect

The Raman spectra were recorded in the backscattering geometry on a Labram I (Jobin-Yvon, Horiba Group, France) microspectrometer in conjunction with a confocal microscope. To avoid any thermal photochemical effect, we have used a minimum intensity laser power on sample of 370 pW with the 514.5 nm incident line from an Ar-Kr laser from Spectra Physics. Detection was achieved with an air cooled CCD detector and a 1800 grooves/mm, giving a spectral resolution of 4 cm-1. An acquisition time of 120 s was used for each spectrum. The confocal aperture was adjusted to 200 pm and a 50 X objective of 0.75 numerical aperture was used. 

Too long a filling speed can also lead to surface faults. If compoimd which has already solidified onto the mould wall is displaced by a subsequent filling, cross-grooves occur vertically to the direction of flow (gramophone record effect). The effects of too high a filling speed are described in Chapter 9. 

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