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How is quantitative infrared analysis usually carried out?

  • A.In a solution cell of known path length
  • B.As a potassium bromide pellet of fixed mass
  • C.As a Nujol mull ground to a standard fineness
  • D.By comparing peak heights against the fingerprint region

Answer: A

A sealed liquid cell with a spacer of known thickness gives a defined path length, so the Beer-Lambert law applies exactly as it does in ultraviolet work. A pellet's thickness and a mull's are not reproducible, and the fingerprint region gives no internal standard. Quantitative work needs a defined path length whatever the spectral region, and the sampling technique has to be chosen with that in mind.

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