Dec 9, 2019 | Application, Applications, Displays & Radiometry, News, Optical Emission Spectroscopy, Physics, SpectroRadiometry
The sun’s light shines down upon the earth, but if you are inside, it’s difficult to replicate the sun’s color using current residential lighting technologies. Almost 20% of the electricity used at home is from lighting. There is an ongoing global effort to design...
Nov 20, 2019 | Agriculture, Applications, Chemistry, Color Measurement, Food, Food Safety & Quality, News
Here in the United States, it’s almost Thanksgiving! It’s a time to give thanks and at StellarNet we’re thankful for our customers! So, until the end of the year, we’re offering a “Buy a NIR spectrometer, get the visible channel FREE special”. This App Note...
Nov 14, 2019 | Characterization, Glossary of Spectroscopy Terms
The European Brewery Convention (EBC) set a method for wort color determination in which a 1cm path length is used, with a multiplier of 25 applied to yield a color value. Accordingly, EBC color assessments are approximately twice those on the SRM scale.
Nov 14, 2019 | Characterization, Glossary of Spectroscopy Terms
The Series 52 Lovibond Scale (°L) consists of individual slides or solutions for Lovibond specific values. The SRM method was initially designed to be comparable to the Lovibond scale and the two scales are almost identical for most of their range. However, as wort...