- Industry: Chemistry
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The phenomenon that takes place when infrared radiation reflects off a rough surface. The light is transmitted, absorbed, scattered, and reflected by the surface. The light approaches the surface from one direction, but the diffusely reflected light leaves the surface in all directions. A reflectance sampling technique known as DRIFTS is based on this phenomenon.
Industry:Chemistry
A phenomenon that occurs when two waves occupy the same space. Since the amplitudes of waves are additive, if the two waves are out of phase with each other, the resultant wave will be less intense than either of the individual waves.
Industry:Chemistry
A phenomenon that occurs when two waves occupy the same space and are in phase with each other. Since the amplitudes of waves are additive, the two waves will add together to give a resultant wave which is more intense than either of the individual waves.
Industry:Chemistry
Calculated by ratioing two background spectra taken under identical conditions. Ideally, the result is a flat line at 100% transmittance.
Industry:Chemistry
The ideal input beam is a cylinder of light. No beam of finite dimensions can be perfectly collimated; at best there is a diffraction limit. In practice the input beam is a cone that is determined by the source size or aperture used. The degree of collimation can affect the S/N and the resolution
Industry:Chemistry
The process of adding interferograms together to achieve an improvement in signal-to-noise ratio.
Industry:Chemistry
The sharp, intense part of an interferogram. The size of the centerburst is directly proportional to the amount of infrared radiation striking the detector.
Industry:Chemistry
With no apodization, all points in an interferogram are given equal weight, up to the edges of the interferogram. If the resolution is less than the smallest linewidth in the spectrum, oscillations appear on the baseline on both sides of the peaks.
Industry:Chemistry
A spectral manipulation technique used to correct spectra with sloped or varying baselines. The user must draw a function parallel to the baseline, then this function is subtracted from the spectrum.
Industry:Chemistry
A single beam spectrum acquired with no sample in the infrared beam. The purpose of a background spectrum is to measure the contribution of the instrument and environment to the spectrum. These effects are removed from a sample spectrum by ratioing the sample single beam spectrum to the background spectrum.
Industry:Chemistry
