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[Engineering thesis posted with the permission of the author, Varun Dev V. In his words, he wanted to “pass the idea to the rest of the world.”]

A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF KERLA

FOR THE DEGREE OF ENGINEERING

18 ^Th AUGUST 2008

BY

VARUN DEV V (05402053)

SREE CHITHIRATHIRUNAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

TRIVANDRUM, UNIVERSITY OF KERLA

INDIA

PROJECT SUPERVISOR

PROF. CHITHRAKUMAR

SREE CHITHIRATHIRUNAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

TRIVANDRUM, UNIVERSITY OF KERLA

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Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) is an extremely useful form of infrared spectroscopy that utilizes an interferogram to collect all of the frequencies to be collected simultaneously. This can be used easily for substance identification by comparing the resultant spectra with a library of known substances. The frequencies are initially passed through an interferogram, which then undergoes a Fourier transformation that combines to produce a spectrum. This spectrum is essentially identical to a normal infrared spectrum for the same compound, except it is produced much faster.

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