REAL-TIME ON-LINE ANALYSIS OF ORGANIC AND NON-ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FOR FOOD, FERTILIZERS AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS

摘要

An apparatus and method for infrared spectroscopy is disclosed. A succession of collimated light beams throughout the middle and near infrared spectrum are impinged against a sample or samples and the diffuse component of the reflected light is measured throughout the spectrum. This diffuse component is analyzed by a neural network to determine such characteristics as content of the sample.