Abstract The application of chemical analysis on bituminous materials has increased drastically over the past decades. One most common spectroscopic methods used in field research is Attenuated Total Reflection (ATR) Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Since ATR-FTIR a surface sensitive method, sample or specimen handling complex material like bitumen prior to its needs be considere...

BACKGROUND Previous studies on the use of SO2 and CO2 as impregnating agent for sugar cane bagasse steam treatment showed comparative and promising results concerning the cellulose enzymatic hydrolysis and the low formation of the inhibitors furfural and hydroxymethylfurfural for the use of CO2 at 205°C/15 min or SO2 at 190°C/5 min. In the present study sugar cane bagasse materials pretreated a...

Binary and tertiary mixture of o~-tocophenol, cholesterol and dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine in the form of multilamellar liposomes were investigated by Fourier Transform Infrared and visible spectroscopy. Results of the FTIR and turbidity experiments indicate that aT decreases or diminishes the effect of cholesterol on the frequency and the bandwidth of the C-H stretching, CH 2 scissoring and ...

Fourier transform infra red (FTIR) and energy band gap of potassium lithium borate glasses of different composition have been studied using Fourier FTIR and UV-VIS spectroscopy techniques. The glasses were melted in the alumina crucible in an electric furnace at 1100°C for 30 min until homogenous melt was obtained. The X-ray diffraction analysis was adopted for confirming the amorphous nature o...

Like other optical spectroscopy methods, FTIR can provide accurate quantitative analysis for many analytes. With the proper calibration, FTIR spectra can yield both sensitive and selective determination. Although it was once common to post process data after collection, innovative software packages, such as Agilent MicroLab PC and Agilent MicroLab Mobile, provide direct reporting of quantitativ...

Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) of copper and zinc synthesized with 1,4benzenedicarboxylic acid and N,N-dimethylformamide at room temperature and by solvothermal method is reported in this paper. The MOFs were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), High resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and...

This work reports a new method to covalently attach calix[4]arene derivatives onto MCM-41, using a diisocyanate as a linker. The modified mesoporous silicates were characterized by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), thermal analysis (TGA) and elemental analysis. The FTIR spectra and TGA analysis verified that the calix[4]arene derivates are covalently attached to the mesoporous sil...

Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy has long been a powerful tool for structural analysis of membrane proteins. However, because of difficulties in resolving contributions from individual residues, most of the derived measurements tend to yield average properties for the system under study. Isotope editing, through its ability to resolve individual vibrations, establishes FTIR as a m...

A quantitative method for determining the level of plasticizer in plastics is now available for Agilent portable and handheld FTIR analyzers. The calibrated method affords a limit of quantitation as low as 0.1% as well as provides a very rapid means of screening plastic products and components. This ensures that greater volume of plastic materials can be screened more effi ciently for complianc...