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Why does an infrared spectrometer's sample compartment need purging?

  • A.Atmospheric water and carbon dioxide absorb strongly
  • B.Dust settles on the salt windows and scatters
  • C.Oxygen would oxidise the sample during the scan
  • D.Humidity would dissolve the detector's window

Answer: A

Both gases absorb in the mid infrared and both vary with the room, so their bands appear and change between the background and the sample scans. Dust, oxidation and detector damage are secondary. Purging with dry nitrogen removes the variability rather than merely the absorption, which is the point: a constant background divides out, and it is the change between scans that cannot be corrected.

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