Spectroscopic Tricks

1. Emission and Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy

   1. Test Jig for an Integrating Direct-Reading Spectrograph

      • H. G. Yuster, R. J. Hemmer

      Pages 78-82

   2. Baird Clock Revisited

      • W. R. Kennedy, Robert Norman Smith

      Pages 82-86

   3. An Improvement to the Weekley-Norris Electronic Computer

      • W. R. Kennedy

      Pages 86-89

   4. Semiconductor Current Regulator for the Spectrographic Arc

      • H. H. Conover, J. T. Peters, M. Lalevic

      Pages 89-93

   5. Punched Cards as Position Indicators for Spectrographic Plates

      • J. M. McCrea

      Pages 93-95

   6. Derivative Scanning for Wavelength Identification

      • J. P. Walters, H. V. Malmstadt

      Pages 95-100

   7. Device for Measuring Spectral Linewidths

      • Paul R. Barnett

      Pages 100-106

2. Infrared Spectroscopy

   1. Protective Holder for KBr Pressed Disks Containing Reactive Samples

      • P. A. Staats, H. W. Morgan

      Pages 107-109

   2. New Technique for the Preparation of KBr Pellets from Microsamples

      • Harry R. Garner, Herbert Packer

      Pages 109-112

   3. A Technique for the Use of the “Mini-Press” in Micro Infrared Spectroscopy

      • Leo A. Bauman Jr.

      Pages 113-115

   4. Laboratory Preparation of Polyethylene Pellets

      • W. B. Barish, G. T. Behnke, K. Nakamoto

      Pages 115-119

   5. Preparation and Use of Powdered Silver Chloride as Infrared Matrix

      • T. M. Spittler, Bruno Jaselskis

      Pages 119-122

   6. Pressed-Film Technique for Obtaining Infrared Spectra of Thermoplastic Materials

      • J. E. Coakley, H. H. Berry

      Pages 122-130

   7. Pressed-Film Technique

      • Dorothy Camer, Marion Martin, Ernestine Medeck

      Pages 130-130

   8. Infrared Cell for Reactive Gases

      • Edward J. Bartoszek, Charles J. Mackley, David M. Gardner

      Pages 131-133

   9. High-Temperature Vacuum Cell for Infrared Studies of Adsorbed Molecules

      • R. O. Kagel, L. W. Herscher

      Pages 133-136

   10. Sample-Inlet System for Studying Adsorption of Low Vapor Pressure Materials on Solid Surfaces

       • R. O. Kagel

       Pages 136-138

   11. Method for Rapid Transfer of GLC Fractions into Infrared Cavity Cells

       • R. F. Kendall

       Pages 139-143

   12. Simple Device for Preparing Polyethylene Liquid Cells for the Far Infrared

       • John Lyford IV, Walter F. Edgell

       Pages 143-147

   13. Method for Making Disposable Far-Infrared Cells with Fixed and Variable Pathlengths

       • E. Kinsella, J. Coward

       Pages 148-152

Spectroscopic Tricks was introduced in 1959 as a special section in the journal Applied Spectroscopy. Its purpose was to provide a means for communicating information on new devices, modifica­ tions of existing apparatuses, and other items of this nature of interest to the working spectroscopist. That it has proved valuable is indicated by the continuing publication of this section now under the title of Spectroscopic Techniques. However, the use­ fulness of these contributions, scattered through the many issues of the journal, diminishes as time passes since the reader must consult the annual indices of many volumes of the journal to find the contri­ bution that may hold the solution to his problem. The collection of the contributions into a single volume for the years 1959 through 1965 made it easier for the reader to make this search. The success of the first volume has prompted the continuation of these collec­ tions. The contributions in this second volume are selected from the the years 1966 through 1969. They are arranged in the same manner as in the previous volume according to the area of spectroscopy. Those concerned with the same devices are placed together so that the reader can compare them readily. To maintain the advantages inherent in a single collection of articles, the subject index for this volume includes all the entries and page references from the original volume. Both author and journal indices are are also provided, the latter citing the original Applied Spectroscopy edition.

• Absorption
• Atom
• Monochromator
• NMR
• Photometer
• Sorption
• adsorption
• fluorescence
• glass
• laser
• scattering
• semiconductor
• spectroscopy
• transmission
• ultraviolet

• Department of Chemistry, The Catholic University of America, USA

  Leopold May

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