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The Chemical Educator
ISSN: 1430-4171 (electronic version)
Abstract Volume 7
Issue 1 (2002) pp 15-18
An Inexpensive Laser Raman Spectrometer Based on CCD Detection
Benjamin A. DeGraff,* Mandy Hennip, Julie M. Jones, Carl Salter,* and Stephanie A. Schaertel*
Department of Chemistry, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807;
Department of Chemistry, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
49401; Department of Chemistry, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA 18018
Received September 3, 2001. Accepted November 16, 2001
Published online: 1 February 2002
Abstract. We describe an inexpensive modular Raman spectrometer system that can be assembled from commercial components for under $5000. Three typical applications are presented: a demonstration of a vibrational isotope effect, a Raman polarization experiment, and a resonance Raman experiment. This spectrometer system should make it easier to include the important topic of Raman spectroscopy in the undergraduate physical and analytical chemistry laboratory curricula.
Key Words: Laboratories and Demonstrations; physical chemistry; laser spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy; resonance Raman spectroscopy; CCD detectors
(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: schaerts@gvsu.edu)
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