Multi-user equipment approved in grant 2017/50339-5: NIRFlex N-500 spectrometer (NIRS)

• Grant number: 18/20629-4
• Support Opportunities: Multi-user Equipment Program
• Start date: November 01, 2018
• End date: October 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Animal Husbandry - Animal Production
• Principal Investigator: Renata Helena Branco Arnandes
• Grantee: Renata Helena Branco Arnandes
• Host Institution: Instituto de Zootecnia. Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios (APTA). Nova Odessa , SP, Brazil
• City of the host institution: Nova Odessa
• Associated research grant: 17/50339-5 - Institutional research development plan of the Animal Science Institute (PDIp), AP.PDIP
• EMU web page: http://www.iz.sp.gov.br/unidade.php?id=28
• Type of equipment: Caracterização de Materiais - Espectroscopia - Infravermelho
• Manufacturer: Buchi
• Model: NIRFlex N-500

Abstract

The NIRFlex is a benchtop Fourier Transformation Near Infrared spectrometer (FT-NIR) to identify and quantify analytes of interest. It generates an invisible near infrared interferogram beam which interacts with the molecules of a sample, generating a characteristic feedback. The feedback is picked up via a measurement cell by a detector and mathematically processed via Fourier transformation into a spectrum. This spectrum is characteristic for a given sample and allows identification as well as quantification of its components. The N-500 FT-NIR spectrometer provides reliable analysis results for quality control as well as research and development in the pharmaceutical, chemical, food, beverage and feed industry. The NIRFlex N-500 offers a wide range of measuring cells and accessories for highest performance. (AU)