Combination of Sorption Tube Sampling and Thermal Desorption with Hollow Waveguide FT-IR Spectroscopy for Atmospheric Trace Gas Analysis: Determination of Atmospheric Ethene at the Lower ppb Level
Diffuse reflectance FT-IR spectroscopy is used to obtain infrared spectra of paints directly on paper panels. The binder contribution to the spectrum can be effectively eliminated by spectral subtraction and the spectra of photodecomposition products are obtained. Comparison with reference spectra allows the determination of the photodecomposition mechanism.