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Comparing Soil Samples with NIR Spectroscopy

Posted on: May 30th, 2022

Conducted by: David Ademe (Applications Engineer), Avantes Inc. Theme: NIR Reflection Spectroscopy Background/Applications: Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy is a spectroscopic method that uses the near-infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum (from…

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Spectral Analysis of Rocks Using LIBS Spectroscopy

Posted on: April 28th, 2022

Spectra of the Month (April, 2022) Conducted by: David Ademe (Applications Engineer), Avantes Inc. Theme: LIBS Background/Applications: Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) is a type of atomic emission spectroscopy which uses…

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Does Your Sunscreen Go Bad?

Posted on: March 30th, 2022

Spectra of the Month (March 2022) Conducted by: David Ademe (Applications Engineer), Avantes Inc. Theme: Transmission Background/Applications: Transmission spectra can be used in a wide range of measurements and data…

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Where There’s a Wine, There is a Way!

Posted on: February 22nd, 2022

Theme: Fluorescence Conducted by: David Ademe (Applications Engineer), Avantes Inc. Background/Applications: Fluorescence spectroscopy is a method where a single wavelength/band of light is used to excite a sample that emits a…

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Real or Silicon Tissue – a Spectrometer can tell you!

Posted on: January 18th, 2022

Conducted by: David Ademe (Applications Engineer), Avantes Inc. Theme: Biomedical, Reflection/Transmission Background/Applications: Often times in medical applications, surrogate samples (also known as tissue phantoms) are used to simulate human tissue.…

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Irradiance and field measurements

Posted on: November 22nd, 2021

Conducted by: David Ademe (Applications Engineer), Avantes Inc. Background/Applications: Spectral irradiance is the energy of a surface per unit frequency or wavelength, depending on whether the spectrum is taken as…

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How Rotten is Your Pumpkin?

Posted on: October 27th, 2021

Conducted by: David Ademe, Avantes Inc. Theme: Agriculture Background/Applications: Absorption and reflection measurements can be used to determine the freshness of various crops, from grains to fruits and vegetables. NIR…

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Absorbance of Food Colorant using ATR Probe

Posted on: September 27th, 2021

Conducted by: David Ademe, Avantes Inc. Theme: Absorbance/ATR Probe Background/Applications: Absorbance spectroscopy can bring entirely new perspectives on samples through a wide range of industries. This includes industrial lines, where…

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Low Limits of Detection in Water Particles

Posted on: August 26th, 2021

Conducted by: David Ademe, Avantes Inc. Theme: Absorbance Background/Applications: Absorbance spectroscopy can bring entirely new perspectives on samples through a wide range of industries. This includes the water industry, verifying…

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