FT-IR is an abbreviation for Fourier
Transform - Infrared. It is an analytical technique for
qualitatively and quantitatively determining the molecular
composition of a solid, liquid, or gaseous sample. If that
technical definition doesn't mean much to you or even if it does
but you want to know more, we've created an online "FT-IR
Primer" just for you. Our FT-IR Primer should help
just about anybody understand the basics of infrared
spectroscopy, even our non-technical visitors who aren't afraid
of a little physics and chemistry. Our Primer explains all
of the scientific concepts upon which FT-IR depends and we've
tried to do it in layman's terms, as much as possible. This
full-blown explanation also explains the "Fourier
Transform" part of FT-IR, which may be of interest to some
of our more technical visitors as well.
For our visitors who basically understand FT-IR spectroscopy
but are interested in it's open-path air monitoring capabilities,
we have a few pages that attempt to explain both active and
passive open-path FT-IR techniques.
FT-IR
Primer: Our full-blown explanation of FT-IR
Active open-path FT-IR air
monitoring
Passive FT-IR remote sensing
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