Application of IR

• Determination of functional groups in organic materials
• Identification of all types of organic and many types of inorganic compounds
• Determination of molecular orientation (polymers and solutions)
• Determination of the molecular composition of surfaces
• Identification of chromatographic effluents
• Quantitative determination of compounds in mixtures
• Nondestructive method
• Determination of molecular conformation (structural isomers) and stereo chemistry (geometrical
isomers)