Spectroscopy & Spectrometry

Learn what spectroscopy and spectra are, how spectroscopy works, and what it is used for. This article includes a list of several different spectroscopies, with brief descriptions of their characteristics.

This is a collection of spectra and other images relating to light and spectroscopy.

Introductory material and quizzes. From Wake Forest University.

Detailed guide to principles and techniques. From the University of Sciences and Technologies, Lille, France.

Textbook of magnetic resonance imaging. From Joseph P. Hornak, Rochester Institute of Technology.

Textbook of nuclear magnetic resonance. From Joseph P. Hornak, Rochester Institute of Technology.

NMR data on nucleic acids, peptides, and proteins. From the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Spectroscopy of biomolecules. Requires paid subscription.

Interpretation of mass spectroscopy, infrared, and nuclear magnetic resonance results.

Source of the Cambridge Structural Database. From the University of Cambridge.

Fundamental aspects. Requires registration.

Plots of reflectance spectra and descriptive data for minerals. From the US Geological Survey.

Searchable spectral databases include FTIR, NMR and Raman.

It's just what the name suggests. The subject is categorized into the concept of mass spectrometry, tandem history of mass spec, abstracts & references, timelines, great names, and historical perspectives.

This is an international mass spectrometry web resource, with news and features and links to journals, tools, and relevant search engines.

The site includes tutorials, tools, job listings, clip-art, chemical reactions, links, and additional resources.

Research, techniques, and reviews. Requires paid subscription.

Topics in basic and applied MS. Requires paid subscription.

Includes Rayleigh Scattering. Requires paid subscription.

Online tools calculate exact masses, isotopic abundances, and perform other mass spectroscopy functions. Includes periodic table with mass spectra of elements. From Scientific Instrument Services.

Theoretical and applied research. Requires paid subscription.

Visible, infrared, and Raman spectra of minerals. From George R. Rossman, California Institute of Technology.

Display data by energy level or wavelength. From the National Institutes of Standards and Technology.

Lectures, problem sets, Mathcad documents, and applicable software. From Scott Van Bramer, Widener University.

GIFs of some 1H and 13C spectra. From Scott E. Van Bramer, Widener University.

This site has separate sections devoted to NMR, MRI, ESR, and NQR, as well as news, information on meetings, and links to journals, positions, software, vendors, and facilities.

Physical chemistry, spectroscopy, and chromatography lessons from Sheffield Hallam University.

Displays IR, NMR, and mass spectra of a compound. Answer sheet available only to chemistry instructors. From University of Notre Dame.

Devices using laser and fluorescence techniques. Full text of selected articles.

SI units, atomic weights, ground states, atomic spectra, nuclear physics data. From National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Introduction to spectroscopy as it pertains to astronomy. From James B. Kaler, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Includes mass spectra, NMR, and IR spectra of organic compounds.

This site offers a free subscription service, news, editorials, a supplier directory, product database, conference information, book reviews, and additional resources.

Can search for spectroscopy-related products and information.

Adsorption phenomena, crystallography, spectroscopy. From Queen Mary & Westfield College.

Tutorials in spectroscopy with an emphasis on mineral spectroscopy studies on land and from the air. From Roger N. Clark and Barnaby W. Rockwell, US Geological Survey.

Students get to practice on problems involving 1H NMR and 13C NMR, DEPT, COSY, and IR spectra. Sponsored by Cambridge Isotope Laboratories and the University of California at Los Angeles.

Periodic table showing X-ray absorption edge energies and anomalous scattering coefficients. From Ethan A. Merritt, University of Washington.