SPECTRAL LIBRARIES

Thermo Electron Corp. has introduced a catalog featuring collections of FTIR and Raman spectral libraries that are designed to work with its instruments and software. Useful to scientists analyzing unknown samples, the resource details collections of compounds, including the most common chemicals found in the Aldrich Handbook of Fine Chemicals and the Sigma Biochemical Condensed Phase Library. It includes the company’s industry-specific FTIR and near-IR libraries, which cover materials found in manufactured products and manufacturing processes, such as those for food, solvents, coatings, lubricants, pharmaceuticals, and pulp and paper.