Applied Spectroscopy: A Compact Reference for Practitioners [Hardcover]

Jerry Workman Jr. (Author), Art Springsteen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 3, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0127640703 | ISBN-13: 978-0127640709 | Edition: 1

This book delineates practical, tested, general methods for ultraviolet, visible, and infrared spectrometry in clear language for novice users, and serves as a reference resource for advanced spectroscopists. Applied Spectroscopy includes important information and equations which will be referred to regularly. The book emphasizes reflectance and color measurements due to their common usage in todays spectroscopic laboratories, and contains methods for selectinga measurement technique as well as solar and color measurements. Written by experts in the field, this text covers spectrometry of new materials, ceramics, and textiles, and provides an appendix of practical reference data for spectrometry.

Book topics include:

. Practical aspects of spectrometers and
spectrometry

. Sample preparation

. Chemometrics and calibration practices

. Reflectance measurements

. Standard materials measurements.

An emphasis is placed on reflectance and color measurements due to their common usage in today's spectroscopic laboratories. Methods for selecting a measurement technique are included as well as solar measurements and reference information on sources, detectors, optical fiber and window materials. Additionally, spectrometry of new materials, ceramics, and textiles are covered by respective experts in their fields. An appendix of practical reference data for spectrometry and an extensive index are also included. Practitioners, researchers, and students will find this book useful in their daily working activity, in teaching, and in studies.

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"...There is a lot of valuable information in this book, which will serve practitioners of UV-visible and near IR reflectance spectrometry well as a reference text, and researchers and students as a primer in these subjects."
--Chemistry in Britain published by the Royal Society of Chemistry - Feb. 1999, p. 47.

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The purpose of this book is to delineate practical, tested general spectroscopic methods (for ultraviolet, visible, near infrared, and infrared spectometry) in basic terms for novice users and to provide a reference resource for advanced spectroscopists. The editors have sought to make the text practical-containing important information and equations that will be referred to on a continuing basis by practicing spectroscopists.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 539 pages
• Publisher: Academic Press; 1 edition (June 3, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0127640703
• ISBN-13: 978-0127640709
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,734,966 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jerome (Jerry) J. Workman, Jr. is Executive Vice President of Research & Engineering for Unity Scientific; Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Statistics and Clinical Virology at the United States National University, CA; Adjunct Professor of Biology at Liberty University, VA; and Principal at Biotechnology Business Associates (www.bbaoc.com). He was formerly Vice President of Technology Research for Masimo Corporation; Director of Research, Technology & Applications Development for Molecular Spectroscopy & Microanalysis for ThermoFisher Scientific; Chief Technical Officer and Vice President of Research & Engineering at Argose Inc.; Senior Research Fellow at Kimberly-Clark Analytical Science & Technology; and Principal Scientist at Perkin-Elmer. His recent research focus has been on analytical laboratory, process, and medical device development using biosensors, fluorescence, and molecular spectroscopy. His long term research and development work has included technologies such as: near infrared, infrared, ultraviolet-visible, and Raman spectroscopy, process analysis and chemometrics. He is co-author of the popular Spectroscopy series Statistics in Spectroscopy and Chemometrics in Spectroscopy which have published over 115 columns since 1986. He has authored a dozen books, several hundred scientific papers, commercial software programs, and U.S. and international patents. In 2002 he was the recipient of the Eastern Analytical Symposium Award for Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Near Infrared Spectroscopy, the ASTM International Award of Merit, and IBC Scientist of the Year. He received the Coblentz Society Williams-Wright Award at the Pittsburgh Conference in 2009 for outstanding contributions to industrial spectroscopy. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemists, the American Society for Testing and Materials International, and the Royal Society of Chemistry (U.K.). He is also a Chartered Chemist (CChem) of the Royal Society of Chemistry (England) and a Chartered Scientist of the Science Council (UK). He has served as Chair of the Industrial Advisory Board for the Center for Process Analytical Chemistry (CPAC) at the Univ. of Washington; The Council for Near Infrared Spectroscopy; and is immediate past Chairman of ASTM Main Committee E13 on Molecular Spectroscopy and Separation Science. He has served on the U.S. National Academies NRC Panel for assessment of NIST programs, where he received a certificate of commendation from the US Department of Commerce. He holds a B.A degree cum laude in natural sciences, and an M.A in biological sciences from Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, and a Ph.D. degree with high commendation in biological chemistry from Columbia Pacific University. He is an alumnus of Columbia University Business School having completed the Columbia Senior Executive Program and also holds Certificates in Executive Development and in Business Excellence. He also holds a Certificate in Strategy and Innovation from the M.I.T. Sloan School. He is listed in Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America, and Who's Who in Science and Engineering.

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5.0 out of 5 stars New Book Provides Useful Overview of Spectroscopy, April 2, 1999

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This review is from: Applied Spectroscopy: A Compact Reference for Practitioners (Hardcover)

"In short, the wide variety of topics covered means no matter what the reader's background, much of the book will cover spectroscopy related subjects that are unfamiliar. This book gives a very useful overview of spectroscopy that will allow the reader to learn methods for doing things in other spectroscopic areas that could be potentially applied to his own. Highly recommended" H. Mark in Spectroscopy Magazine Showcase, March 1999