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Offline taniasel

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IR SPECTRUM
« on: November 06, 2012, 06:40:24 PM »
HELLO everyone. Can someone give me a reason why we use CCL4 solution than in H2O when we want to acquire the IR spectrum of vanillin?thanks in advance.   

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Re: IR SPECTRUM
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2012, 09:25:52 PM »
Does water have a strong absorbance in the IR?

Does vanillin dissolve in water?
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Re: IR SPECTRUM
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2012, 02:31:01 AM »
The IR solution cells are made from rock salt (at least that's how I remember them. they may have changed now?) and water dissolves salt.
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