Infrared Studies in the Mineral Spectroscopy Lab. (Prof. G.R. Rossman)

Current Instrument

For collecting infrared spectra we use a Nicolet 860 Magna series FTIR. Our system has a selection of beam splitters and detectors to optimally cover the range from 10,000 cm-1 to 100 cm-1.  The system connects to a Nicolet Continumm Infrared Microscope for microsamples.
 

Our lab now uses a Nicolet Magna 860 Fourier Transform Infrared spectrophotometer.

Former Instruments

We formally used a Nicolet Instruments 60SX FTIR system.  Is was equipped with an NicPlan Infrared Microscope for microsamples.  Our system had a selection of beam splitters and detectors to optimally cover the range from 10,000 cm-1 to 150 cm-1.  They included Si, InSb, MCT, MCT-wide, and DTGS detectors, SiO2, CaF2, KBr, and thin-film beamsplitters.
 

This was our Nicolet 60SX FTIR 
The sample compartment of the 60 SX and the Nicolet-SpectraTech IR-Plan microscope.

Our original grating spectrometer, a Perkin Elmer 180.