ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY OF PAINT VEHICLES

Abstract

Certain problems are encountered in using infrared transmission spectroscopy for the quantitative evaluation of paint vehicles; therefore, an investigation of attenuated total reflectance spectroscopy was conducted. In thin-film analysis, it is very difficult, if not impossible, to know the sample thickness, knowledge of which is essential in quantitative infrared transmission spectroscopy. The attenuated total reflectance technique eliminates this problem. Therefore, it was concluded that this method is superior to transmission measurements for quantitative evaluation of paint vehicles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 15, 1963
Accession Number
AD0404468

Entities

People

  • R. J. Mcgowan

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Data Analysis
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Films
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Measurement
  • Navy
  • Observatories
  • Reflectance
  • Refractive Index
  • Spectra
  • Spectrophotometers
  • Test Methods
  • Thin Films
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Spectroscopy.
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.