Feb 26, 2017 | Glossary of Spectroscopy Terms, Properties of Light
Transmittance describes how much light passes through a sample unchanged. In other words, it is light that is not absorbed, scattered, or reflected. In most cases, the scattered and/or reflected light is miniscule and not significant. Transmittance is usually measured...
Feb 26, 2017 | Glossary of Spectroscopy Terms, Spectroscopy, StellarNet Definition
What is Raman Spectroscopy? Raman spectroscopy is a non-destructive analytical technique used to identify materials and characterize their molecular structure. It works by measuring the small changes in wavelength that occur when laser light interacts with a sample....
Feb 26, 2017 | Glossary of Spectroscopy Terms
The principle of absorption spectroscopy is to measure how much light is absorbed by the sample. As seen in the absorbance entry, this can be accomplished by measuring the intensity of the light before and after the sample. The Beer-Lambert law describes how the...
Feb 26, 2017 | Glossary of Spectroscopy Terms, Sampling
A cuvette is a type of sample holder for liquid samples. Often, they are made of plastic, borosilicate glass, or quartz. StellarNet offers glass cuvettes for experiments in the visible or NIR ranges and quartz cuvettes for experiments in the UV range. Cuvettes also...