Attenuated Total Reflectance (ATR)- a versatile FT-IR sampling tool
How Attenuated Total Reflectance (ATR) lets FT-IR analyze liquids, solids, and pastes directly, avoiding the cell filling and KBr pellet prep of transmission.
Spectroscopy
Browse all Spectroscopy articles, guides, and protocols.
Commonly used Colour Measurement Scales
An overview of colour measurement scales, including ASTM, APHA/Hazen, Saybolt, Rosin, EBC, and Lovibond, used to quantify colour in oils, water, and brews.
Understanding of light dispersing elements in a spectrometer
Dispersion elements in spectrometers help isolate wavelength bands of interest for analysis work.
How to overcome interferences in UV – Visible Spectroscopic studies?
How to correct physical and chemical interferences in UV-visible spectroscopy using isoabsorbance measurement, multicomponent analysis, and derivative methods.
How to Select Cuvette Material for UV-VIS Absorbance Studies
This blog explains about cuvette spectrophotometer and how to select the right cuvette material for UV-VIS absorbance studies. Read the blog to learn more.
Similarities and Dissimilarities between GC/MS and LC/MS
Compares GC/MS and LC/MS on cost, mobile phase, compound compatibility, vacuum requirements, and spectral libraries to help choose the right technique.
How LC – MS/MS Scores over LC – MS?
Why LC-MS/MS outperforms single quadrupole LC-MS, offering higher sensitivity, selectivity, and linearity through triple quadrupole mass analysis.
Additional benefits offered by Mass sensitive detectors over other Liquid Chromatography detectors
HPLC is well established as an analytical technique. Why is HPLC the most popular technique in analytical laboratories today? highlights the reasons that justify this claim.
Mass Discrimination and Analysis in Mass Spectroscopy
An overview of mass analyzers, quadrupole, magnetic sector, time-of-flight, and ion trap, used to separate ionized fragments by mass-to-charge ratio.
What is the difference between GC – MS Full Scan and Selected Ion Monitoring?
Explains the difference between GC-MS full scan and selected ion monitoring, covering their roles in qualitative screening versus quantitative analysis.
Potential Scope of Hyphenated Mass Spectroscopic Techniques
Explains how hyphenated GC-MS and LC-MS techniques couple chromatography to mass spectrometry for analyzing drugs, poisons, pesticides, and forensic samples.
Popular Ionization Techniques in Mass Spectroscopy
Overview of mass spectroscopy ionization techniques, electron impact, chemical ionization, electrospray, APCI, APPI, and MALDI, and how to choose the right one.
Essentials of Mass Spectroscopy
Mass spectroscopy is distinctly different from other spectroscopic techniques. It has found large number of applications in several areas of basic research and product development covering pharmaceutical etc.,
How is Mass Spectroscopy different from other Spectroscopic Techniques?
How mass spectroscopy differs from UV-Vis, FT-IR, fluorescence, and atomic absorption spectroscopy by identifying molecules via mass-to-charge ratios.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging – a boon for medical diagnosis
How Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), derived from NMR, uses magnetic fields and radio waves instead of ionizing radiation to image internal body tissue.
Scope of NMR Applications in Basic Research and Industry
Surveys NMR spectroscopy's research uses, such as structure elucidation and protein folding, and its industrial applications in pharma, foods, and polymers.
Safety in the NMR laboratory
Covers NMR laboratory hazards from strong magnetic fields, cryogenic liquids, and magnet quenching, plus safe handling practices for NMR tubes and samples.
Useful Tips on Sample Handling for NMR Studies
Practical tips for handling NMR samples, covering sample size, tube filling, cleanliness, labeling, degassing, and solvent choice to ensure accurate spectra.
Desirable Characteristics of Solvents used for NMR Studies
Are you confused about choosing an NMR solvent based on its characteristics? Then this article is going to answer all your queries related to NMR solvent peaks, common NMR solvents
Benefits of Superconducting NMR Magnets over Permanent Magnets
Why superconducting magnets, offering high field strength, stability, and low power use, have replaced permanent magnets in modern NMR spectrometers.
Factors Influencing Chemical shifts of NMR active nuclei
How electronegativity, anisotropy, and hydrogen bonding influence the chemical shifts of NMR-active nuclei relative to the tetramethylsilane reference standard.
Advantages of FT – NMR over Continuous Wave NMR
Observations have been made on Continuous wave (CW) and FT – NMR techniques. The benefits of FT – NMR over CW – NMR are discussed in the present article.
Features of Nuclei that Contribute to NMR Activity
Why nuclear spin, isotopic abundance, and relative sensitivity determine which atomic nuclei, such as 1H, 13C, 19F, and 31P, are useful for NMR spectroscopy.
How NMR Spectroscopy is different from UV- Visible Spectroscopy?
How NMR and UV-visible spectroscopy differ in principle, sample handling, and speed, one measuring nuclear spin transitions, the other electronic transitions.