Some Industrial Applications of FT-IR Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy

Abstract

The technique of diffuse reflectance infrared spectroscopy can be used to characterize materials without recourse to extensive sample preparation. The applicability of this sampling approach is demonstrated on a variety of diffusely scattering solids including bulk powders and foams. The technique is also applied to the identification of chromatographically (HPLC and TLC) separated fractions.