24 . Spectrum 100 Series User’s Guide
A Guided Tour of the Spectrum 100 Series
Figure 4 The Spectrum 100 Series spectrometers
The PerkinElmer Spectrum 100 Series spectrometers (Figure 4) are bench-top
instruments that provides all the following in one self-contained unit:
• A large, purgeable, sample compartment. The instruments can operate in ratio,
single-beam, or interferogram mode.
• For the Spectrum 100 FT-IR, an optical system that gives you data collection over a
total range of 7800 to 370 cm
-1
(220 cm
-1
with CsI beamsplitter) with a best
resolution of 0.5 cm
-1
.
• For the Spectrum 100 FT-IR, a mid infrared detector - either DTGS (deuterated
triglycine sulphate) or LiTaO
3
(lithium tantalate) - as standard, and the option of
using MCT (Mercury Cadmium Telluride) or PAS (a photoacoustic detector).
• For the Spectrum 100N FT-NIR, an optical system that gives you data collection
over a total range of 14000 to 2100 cm
-1
with a best resolution of 0.5 cm
-1
.
• For the Spectrum 100N FT-NIR, a near infrared detector - NIR DTGS (deuterated
triglycine sulphate) as standard.
• An electronics system based on the Motorola DSP56303 Digital Signal Processor and
the Motorola 68340 Integrated Processor.
The instrument is connected to a PC, either point-to-point or over a network, which
utilizes Spectrum software. This software enables you to control the instrument and
manipulate the spectra that you collect.