Application Notes

Automated IR Microscopy, using intelligent detection routines allows for rapid characterization of layers, particles and foreign objects in different materials, such as polymers, packaging materials, pharmaceuticals and electronic components .

Automated IR microscopy is an extremely valuable troubleshooting technique for detecting and characterizing micro-contaminants in manufacturing processes, that may lead to product quality issues or even product failure.

Spectral Systems has developed its Diamond XP-BBAR™ coating with spectral performance. The SNR is about 30% better through most of the analysis region of a typical FT-IR instrument. www.spectral-systems.com

Demonstrates uRaman from TechnoSpex Pte. Ltd. is a promising instrument to determine the quality of the transferred single layered graphene on a 300-nm silicon dioxide (SiO2) substrate.

ParticleFinder: Locate particles, generate size/shape statistics, select particles based on size/shape, and acquire Raman spectra. Easily locate and identify particulate matter, including pharmaceutical materials, trace forensic evidence, geological rock/mineral particles, and airborne contaminants trapped on filters.

A broadband polarizing beamsplitter (PBS) cube was developed using embedded Moxtek® Nanowire® grid polarizer technology. The Moxtek ICE Cube™ PBS provides superior performance in broadband, low f/# spectroscopic applications where both high efficiency and excellent contrast are required.

Raman confocal spectroscopy is increasingly being applied for the analysis of embedded contaminants within materials. A non-contact, non-destructive analysis method, Raman spectroscopy requires very little sample preparation, has greater spatial resolution compared to FT-IR microscopy and the confocal analysis method allows visualization of materials within a clear sample matrix. This paper will investigate the analysis of an embedded contaminant within a polymer matrix on a glass substrate.

In this note, we examine a magnesium alloy plate to determine the type of anti?corrosion coating present. In the same experiment, the chemistry of the bulk magnesium alloy can also be observed. All data was collected using the ChemReveal® Desktop LIBS Analyzer.

Multilayer polymer films, or laminates, are used in a wide variety of industries. Infrared microscopy is an important technique for characterizing multilayer polymer films and complex materials.

Thermal decomposition provides valuable information about the chemical composition of a material. Although thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) measures small weight losses during a heating ramp, it cannot identify the chemicals corresponding to the weight loss.

Used everywhere from bar code scanners to sophisticated single-molecule microscopes, lasers are powerful and cost-effective light sources for applications spanning basic research to consumer entertainment.

The new Savillex PFA Cyclonic Spray Chamber is the first inert chamber with the traditional shape of a glass cyclonic, and is also the first translucent inert chamber.

Ancient Roman builders designed maritime concrete harbor structures to remain intact in the aggressive seawater environment for very long periods of time.

Milestone's UltraWAVE microwave digestion system with single reaction chamber (SRC) technology, enables the simultaneous digestion of up of to 22 different sample types and chemistries at temperatures and pressures as high as 300 ?C and 199 bar.

The permitted sulfur limit in fuel oils has been decreased to 10 ppm in many regions.

Grazing angle Ge ATR spectroscopy is extremely sensitive to monolayers and thin films on high refractive index substrates such as Si.

A broadband polarizing beamsplitter (PBS) cube was developed using embedded Moxtek Nanowire grid polarizer technology.