Experimental Organic Chemistry: A Miniscale & Microscale Approach (Cengage Learning Laboratory Series for Organic Chemistry)
Experimental Organic Chemistry: A Miniscale & Microscale Approach (Cengage Learning Laboratory Series for Organic Chemistry)
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ISBN: 9781305080461
Author: John C. Gilbert, Stephen F. Martin
Publisher: Brooks Cole
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Chapter 8.2, Problem 12E
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Interpretation: The two main drawbacks of obtaining IR spectra of solids as KBr pellets needs to be explained.

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In a spectrophotometer, the window material is usually potassium bromide which is of spectroscopic grade. The reason being that it is transparent to IR, i.e. Between ranges of 4000 to 400 cm-1. But even potassium bromide obtained from KBr matrix is pressed to form pellet which is then analyzed.

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