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Main Title Application of Fourier transform spectroscopy to air pollution problems /
Author Spence, John W. ; Shaw, John H. ; Calvert, Jack G.
CORP Author Ohio State Univ. Research Foundation, Columbus.;Environmental Sciences Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research and Development, Environmental Sciences Research Laboratory,
Year Published 1980
Report Number EPA/600/3-80/093; EPA-R-803868
Stock Number PB81-120792
Subjects Fourier transform spectroscopy ; Air--Pollution
Additional Subjects Infrared spectra ; Gas analysis ; Atmospheric composition ; Least squares method ; Photochemical reactions ; Reaction kinetics ; Chemical analysis ; Fourier transform spectroscopy ; Atmospheric chemistry ; Air pollution detection ; Nitrosamine/dimethyl ; Hypochlorous acid ; Peroxynitric acid
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NTIS  PB81-120792 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 140 pages ; 28 cm
Abstract
The nature of information that can be retrieved from spectra obtained with Fourier transform spectroscopy is discussed. Nonlinear, least-squares analysis of spectra is capable of retrieving information that is beyond the reach of conventional methods and has improved precision and accuracy. These studies have allowed the approval of experimental design to the analysis of spectra to be placed on a quantitative basis. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy was used to study quantitatively the kinetics and mechanisms of several chemical reactions that are of interest to atmospheric chemists and are important in the development of air pollution control strategies. The systems studied include the metastable, reactive, gaseous species, peroxynitric acid, hypochlorous acid, and dimethylnitrosamine. Rate constants related to the formation and decay of these species and infrared extinction data necessary for the quantitative analyses of these compounds were determined.
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Caption title. "November 1980." "EPA-600/3-80-093." Microfiche.