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All the component parts used in photometers have the same working principle as those already described in other spectrometers, for example, the infrared spectrometer. The prism and refraction grids are used as monochromators. The detector is usually made of different types of photoresistors depending on the instrument type. 

The precise wavelength adjustment is realized by prism and grating rotation actuated by stepper-motor controlled lever arms. All optical and mechanical spectrometer components are arranged on a rugged base made of cast-iron. A photograph of the DEMON spectrometer module is shown in Figure 3.6. 

IR spectrometers have the same components as UY/visible, except the materials need to be specially selected for their transmission properties in the IR (e.g., NaCl prisms for the monochromators). The radiation source is simply an inert substance heated to about 1500 °C (e.g., the Nernst glower, which uses a cylinder composed of rare earth oxides). Detection is usually by a thermal detector, such as a simple thermocouple, or some similar device. Two-beam system instruments often work on the null principle, in which the power of the reference beam is mechanically attenuated by the gradual insertion of a wedge-shaped absorber inserted into the beam, until it matches the power in the sample beam. In a simple ( flatbed ) system with a chart recorder, the movement of the mechanical attenuator is directly linked to the chart recorder. The output spectrum is essentially a record of the degree of... 

The besl isolation of radiant energy can he achieved with flame spectrometers that incorporate either a prism sir grating monochromator, those with prisms having variable gauged entrance and exii slits. Both these spectrometers provide a continuous selection of wavelengths with resolving power sufficient lo separate completely most of the easily excited emission lines, and afford freedom from scattered radiation sufficient lo minimize interferences. Fused silica or quartz optical components are necessary to permit measurements in Ihe ultraviolet portion of the spectrum below 350 nanometers Sec also Analysis (Chemical) Atomic Spectroscopy Photometers and Spectra Instruments. 

The resolution of the light into its various frequency components is accomplished by (i) gratings or prisms in dispersive instruments, (ii) interferometers (such as the Michelson124 interferometer see below) in Fourier transform spectrometers (Fellgett s125 advantage), or (iii) for X rays, bent LiF crystal or graphite monochromators. 

During the 1960s further improvements made infrared spectroscopy a very useful tool used worldwide in the analytical routine laboratory as well as in many fields of science. Grating spectrometers replaced the prism instruments due to their larger optical conductance (which is explained in Sec. 3 of this book). The even larger optical conductance of interferometers could be employed after computers became available in the laboratory and algorithms which made Fourier transformation of interferograms into spectra a routine. The computers which became a necessary component of the spectrometers made new powerful methods of evaluation possible, such as spectral subtraction and library search. 

The most simple dispersive spectrometer (Fig. 12.2) comprises a source, a monochromator and a detector. The monochromator, made up of an entrance slit, an output slit and prisms or gratings, is u,sed to separate the light into its basic components. The role of the slit system is to enhance the spectral resolution and compensate for intensity variations. The transmission infrared spectrum of the sample is the recording of the light intensity transmitted as a function of the wave-numbers w hich are scanned in front of the monochromator output slit by rotating the dispersive element. In the infrared domain, the wave-numbers are always recorded sequentially, due to the single-channel nature of the detectors. This recording is compared to that of the reference or the source in order to deduce the absorption due to the sample. 

The detector D is often a broadband diode or photomultiplier tube, followed by waveform-shaping electronics and an amplifier, a signal-averager such as a boxcar integrator, and a chart recorder. Scattering from windows, lenses, etc. can lead to contamination of the spatially-filtered coherent antiStokes beam at O3 by components of the to, and to2, beams, which can be suppressed using a dispersive element such as a prism P or a spectrometer in front of the detector. 

Spectrometer is an instrument with a component, such as a prism or diffraction grating, which can break radiation extending over a part of the spectrum into discrete wavelengths and/or separate them. 

Until the last twenty years, an infrared spectrometer meant a dispersive instrument this had a grating or prism to split light into its component frequencies, slits to provide the required resolution, and usually a dual sample beam to provide internal referencing of transmission. Today, Fourier transform infrared has almost completely replaced dispersive machines in the analytical laboratory. There are several reasons for this, which to be understood first require a brief introduction to the principles and technology involved. 

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