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ERIC Number: EJ717311
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Feb-1
Pages: 4
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-9584
FTIR Determination of Pollutants in Automobile Exhaust: An Environmental Chemistry Experiment Comparing Cold-Start and Warm-Engine Conditions
Medhurst, Laura L.
Journal of Chemical Education, v82 n2 p278-281 Feb 2005
An experiment developed from the Advanced Integrated Environmental Laboratory illustrates the differences in automobile exhaust before and after the engine is warmed, using gas-phase Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The apparatus consists of an Avatar 360 FTIR spectrometer from Nicolet fitted with a variable path length gas cell, which contains a mercury lamp inside the cell, from Infrared Analysis Inc.
Descriptors: Spectroscopy, Chemistry, Environmental Education, Laboratory Equipment, Engines, Motor Vehicles, Science Experiments, Pollution, Comparative Analysis
Journal of Chemical Education, Subscription Department, P.O. Box 1267, Bellmawr, NJ 08099-1267. Web site: http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/AboutJCE/contact.html.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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