A rapid and accurate primary Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) method for the determination of moisture in mineral and ester based lubricants has been developed based on the extraction of moisture into dry acetonitrile. A Continuous Oil Analyzer and Treatment (COAT) FTIR system was programmed to allow the automated analysis of acetonitrile extracts, and the methodology was validated by analyzin...

the nano sized tio2 and zno are the most active photocatalysts.  methylene blue was used as a reference molecule for the photocatalytic degradation. the tio2 and zno can totally remove methylene blue dye. the effect of various process parameters like initial concentration, contact time, dose of catalyst and ph on the extent of removal of dye by photocatalysis in presence of tio2 and zno was stu...

Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) microscopy has shown promise as an analytical tool for detecting changes in cells and tissues, such as those due to viral infection, apoptosis induction or malignancy. In many cases, diagnosis via FTIR microscopy can be undertaken on a timescale shorter than that required for other physical or histological techniques. In this work we have used FTIR microscopy t...

The utilization of Attenuated Total Reflectance – Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy for the characterization of pressure sensitive products is well established. Some recent advances in sensor technology have opened new application areas of ATR-FTIR spectrometry. One of them is monitoring of chemical reactions, which are of interest for pressure sensitive adhesive production. In...

Toxicity bioassays are important tools to determine biological effects of chemical agents on species. The questions remained on, what effects have been imposed on each of the different molecular site of cells by chemical exposure and how to find a pattern for chemical toxicity. To address the questions, HepG2 cell lines were exposed to the different concentrations of cisplatin for 24 hours to r...

Background: The fast development of Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy has proposed a novel avenue for distinguishing cancerous tissue from normal one. The aim of this research is to investigate the possibility of employing FTIR spectroscopy with support vector machine (SVM) classification as a new spectral discriminant method for classifying metastatic and non-metastatic lymph node...