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Identification of residues by infrared spectroscopy

Conference ·
OSTI ID:559839
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  1. Sam Houston State Univ., Huntsville, TX (United States); and others
Mid-infrared spectroscopy of surfaces can be a very powerful technique for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of surface residues. The goal of this work was to study the application of diffuse reflectance mid-infrared spectroscopy to the identification of pesticide, herbicide, and explosive residues on surfaces. A field portable diffuse reflectance spectrometer was used to collect the mid-infrared spectra of clean surfaces and contaminated surfaces. These spectra were used as calibration sets to develop automated data analysis to classify or to identify residues on samples. In this presentation, the instrumentation and data process algorithms will be discussed.
OSTI ID:
559839
Report Number(s):
CONF-970443--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English