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Chemical Education Today
NSF Highlights
Near Infrared (NIR) Spectroscopy in the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum
M. Cecilia Yappert
University of Louisville, Department of Chemistry, Louisville, KY 40292

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March 1999
Vol. 76 No. 3
p. 315

Abstract
The power of NIR spectroscopy is best and most often realized in the study of compounds containing O-H, N-H and C-H bonds. For example, the content of protein, moisture, carbohydrates, and lipids in complex samples can be determined with the use of NIR spectroscopy. Although there are more conventional methods used for the analysis of these types of compounds, they are lengthy because they require the extraction of the species of interest before the quantification step. NIR spectroscopy, on the other hand, offers the possibility of noninvasive chemical analysis of complex mixtures without the need for time-consuming extraction steps.
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*  Citation
Yappert, M. Cecilia. J. Chem. Educ. 1999 76 315.
*  Keywords
IR Spectroscopy; Laboratory Instruction; Curriculum
*  History
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June 15, 1999
June 22, 2005
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