Abstract
Measurements of mid-infrared (MIR) absorption spectra of water and heavy water were carried out by fiber-optic evanescent wave spectroscopy, using silver halide (AgClBr) infrared fibers. Such measurements were performed for the first time on one sample, during the solid-liquid phase transition. From the variation of the spectra with temperature we found a new isosbestic point (at 3280 cm-1 for H2O or at 2475 cm-1 for D 2O) and we identified five components of the O-H (O-D) stretch band. These phenomena have provided new information about the molecular structure of water.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 460-466 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Applied Spectroscopy |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 2005 |
Keywords
- Evanescent wave spectroscopy
- Infrared absorption
- Infrared fibers
- Isosbestic points
- Phase transition
- Water