How-to: Analyze Bitumen by ATR FTIR (1)

Bitumen is analyzed by ATR FTIR analysis with Bruker’s ALPHA II benchtop spectrometer and a ZnSe (zinc selenide) ECO ATR module. Spectrometer operation as well as the cleaning process are demonstrated. The ALPHA II represents the enhanced successor of the very successful ALPHA spectrometer. Technical innovations such as advanced stabilization of source and detector, higher sensitiv