FTIR to analyze and evaluate organic materials and substances
Areas of application:
- Identifying plastic materials
- Measuring organic materials in a solid or liquid state
- Ascertaining the composition of plastic components, such as assembly housings and mold material
- Ascertaining volatile components and substances
- Ascertaining, evaluating and monitoring the aging condition of organic materials
During FTIR spectroscopy, a special variant of IR spectroscopy, the designated sample is irradiated
with infrared radiation, resulting in an excitation of vibrational states in the sample’s molecules,
which are then analyzed. Depending on the individual molecule’s structure, the molecule absorbs
different kinds of energies of the infrared radiation. Given the ensuing material-characteristic peaks and sprectrums, infrared spectroscopy is both very useful for quantitatively ascertaining known organic substances as well as identifying unknown organic substances using spectrum libraries.
HTV’s spectrum library was specifically expanded through intensive cooperation with several renowned universities to evaluate the organic parts of electronic components in relation to material changes and aging consistency in the shortest possible amount of time, in regards to the long-term storage of electronic components. Comparing the spectrums of a pre-determined cyclic period of time, i.e., a year, provides an indicator for the progression of aging processes inside the material.
