摘要 |
<p>A method of using a spectrometer (1) to produce corrected diamond Attenuated Total Reflectance (ATR) spectral data. The method comprises the steps of: acquiring, using the spectrometer (1), an initial set of ATR spectral data for a sample (8) pressed into contact with a diamond ATR crystals; numerically matching, using the spectrometer (1), a pressure dependent diamond artefact reference spectrum to a corresponding pressure dependent diamond artefact in the initial set of ATR spectral data; and numerically subtracting out the numerically matched pressure dependent diamond artefact reference spectrum from the initial set of ATR spectral data to yield a corrected set of ATR spectral data for the sample for output by the spectrometer.</p> |