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Title: END USER SPECIFICATION AND JUSTIFICATION OF A NEW FIELD-READY NIR SPECTROMETER DESIGN

Author
item DE HASETH, JAMES - UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
item Barton Ii, Franklin
item Himmelsbach, David

Submitted to: Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies Final Program
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/28/2004
Publication Date: 10/3/2004
Citation: de Haseth, J.A., Barton II, F.E., Himmelsbach, D.S. 2004. End user specification and justification of a new field-ready NIR spectrometer design [abstract]. 31st Annual Meeting of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies. No. 157. p. 100.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: It has long been the presumption that the practicing spectroscopist will solve new spectrometric problems by finding an existing spectrometer that will possess the appropriate specifications for a given application. That instrument will then be purchased and presumably the problem will be solved. At this time, it is not a valid assumption that there is an instrument available for every application. While it is true that the number of commercial benchtop NIR spectrometers is relatively large, there is considerable interest in the placement of instruments at-line or in-line. NIR spectrometry, and vibrational spectrometry in general, is moving out of the laboratory and into the processing plant, supply terminal, workplace, and field. The huge number of possible samples and their morphologies does not make it possible to match a small number of portable or field-ready spectrometers with the overwhelming number of problems. Technology and economics have reached a point that the longstanding paradigm has changed and it is now possible to justify the development of a new instrument for a specific application. When such an instrument is to be designed consideration of the appropriate specifications has to be undertaken. The environment and the technical expertise of the final operator must be considered. Lastly, the economic value of the problem must be sufficiently large to justify the development of a new system. These issues will be addressed and the success of the implementation of such a project will be presented.