Introduction to experimental infrared spectroscopy: fundamentals and practical methods

摘要

If your next assignment incorporates any aspect of infrared spectroscopy, then Introduction to experimental infrared spectroscopy: fundamentals and practical methods is for you. This book integrates both theory and practice to offer a comprehensive and balanced textbook. The Fundamentals section provides seven chapters of theoretical material, supported by the Practical methods portion, which is almost stand-alone as a practical IR spectroscopy handbook. The Fundamentals section works through the history of IR spectroscopy and contains chapters related to the required software, hardware and potential chemometric applications, although there is little discussion surrounding spectral interpretation. This is one of the book's limitations, as while generating the ideal sample spectra is valuable, so too is gaining the most information possible through correct interpretation. There are plenty of spectra scattered throughout the book, but the specific examples don't lend themselves to learning the nuances of spectral interpretation. Fundamentals also incorporates modern FT-IR spectroscopy methods with the six appendices providing further details of the Fourier transform equations and electromagnetic wave functions. The material covered isn't critical if you aren't mathematically inclined, but does provide additional background.