Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy at the NIST: High Temperature Molecules and Atmospheric Molecules

Abstract

This paper gives some of the interesting results from three projects that involve Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (FTS) measurements, studies of molecules involved in atmospheric chemistry, high temperature studies, and the compilation of data for wavenumber calibration of infrared instrumentation. Earlier work on these projects was conducted with a tunable diode laser, now many of the measurements are made with a FTS spectrometer. The FTS instrument is not as sensitive as the diode laser spectrometer, nor does it give as high resolution, but it has the advantage of conveniently and quickly giving broad band spectra with thousands of absorption lines.