Abstract
Abstract We have evaluated a small portable Raman instrument on loan from B&W Tek, Inc., and have determined that it can successfully be used in the classroom both as a visual aid for teaching the fundamentals of Raman spectroscopy and for a variety of undergraduate experiments as a normal component of an instrumental analysis class. Having portable Raman instrumentation would allow the instructor to demonstrate the principles of Raman spectroscopy, as well as the concepts of calibration curves, blank subtraction, detection limits, and regression analysis. Both qualitative and quantitative types of experiments were done for solid Tylenol tablets, aqueous solutions of isopropyl alcohol, dimethyl sulfoxide, methanol, and ethanol, and gaseous CO2 and N2O4. Additionally, surface‐enhanced resonance Raman spectra of Rhodamine 6G were obtained using a chloride ion–activated silver colloid. Spectra from the B&W Tek, Inc., instrument were comparable to literature Raman spectra.
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