Mar 27, 2020 | Application, Color Measurement, News, SpectroRadiometry
Colorimetry with Kimbo - The Importance of Paint Color and Lighting in your HomeThis week's #Spectroscopy #FeasibilityFriday features the importance of paint color and lighting in your home. Kimberly shows us how she can use spectrometers to measure paint and...
Feb 28, 2020 | Astrospectroscopy, News, Optical Metrology
What do we mean by ruggedness and reliability when we talk about StellarNet spectrometers? One example in this weeks “Flashback Friday” is when StellarNet spectrometers were chosen to be part of the MISSE (Materials International Space Station Experiment),...
Jan 13, 2020 | Application, Atmospheric, News, Solar SpectroRadiometry, SpectroRadiometry, UV SpectroRadiometry
In January 2020, we spoke with Chen Wang about her recent publication, “The atmospheric chemistry of indoor environments”; Q&A is a combination of interview and paper info. Why should we care about the atmosphere in indoor environments? Humans increasingly spend...
Dec 9, 2019 | Application, 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, Chemistry, Color Measurement, Food, 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 | Color Measurement, News, UV-VIS Absorption
For this week’s Feasibility Friday, David and Jason are testing the SRM, EBC, and Lovibond colors of beer from a local brewery. David has chosen some classic styles with published SRM values to compare to. These three color scales are popular in the beer industry as a...