Course offering number:0908-701
Course ID:
2318
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History, Theory, and Instrumentation of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
In Conjunction with Wiley-Blackwell
Pre-recorded Course
AN ON-DEMAND ONLINE TRAINING FORMAT
Who Should Attend
The course will benefit personnel in Pharmaceuticals, Petrochemical, Food & Agriculture, Textiles and Biotechnology
Industries, as well as Medical and Clinical practitioners. All facets of these industries will find this course useful, especially
those in Basic Research, R&D, Production, QA and QC. Attendees who will benefit from this training are:
• Analytical and Organic Chemists
• Process Engineers
• Formulations Scientists
• Quality Control and Quality Assurance Professionals
• Regulatory Affairs Personnel
Description
This 90-minute accredited training course is intended as an introduction to Near-Infrared. Since the topic is not covered in
colleges, many first-time users need to find information piecemeal. The topics in this course cover the basic theory and
hardware used in NIR.
With an understanding of what NIR is and is not and what each type of instrument can and may not be able to do, the
analyst/engineer/formulator can make intelligent decisions as to whose equipment to investigate further.
After attending this course, attendees will have a better understanding of the range of choices available and the vast number
of analyses that may be performed by NIR.
Module 1: Historical Facets
• Brief history of NIR since 1800
• Applications throughout history
• Development of modern instrument
Module 2: Theory and its Implications
• Basis of NIR absorption
• Moieties that absorb
• Hydrogen bonding
• Software needed for NIR
Module 3: Hardware and Potential Applications
• Laboratory equipment
– Grating versus interferometer
– Sampling techniques and devices
– Transmission versus reflectance
– Physical vs. chemical information
• Process equipment
– For liquids: Monitors versus analyzers, Aqueous and
nonaqueous, Reaction monitoring
– For solids: Powders vs. solid samples, Sampling speed,
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