Infra-Red Absorption
- Well established probe of molecular structure
- Depends on the absorption of infra-red light by molecular vibrations
- Resulting ‘infra-red absorption spectrum’ is characteristic of the structure and environment of the molecules in the material.
- Information similar/complimentary to that supplied by Raman spectroscopy.
Facilities Include:
a range of modern Fourier transform infra-red absorption spectrometers and sampling accessories
Applications Include:
- Identification of unknown materials
- Measurement of molecular environments
- Determination of molecular orientation