Abstract

The purpose of this note is to remind readers that internal reflection cells utilizing simple prisms not only alleviate but eliminate many of the problems associated with the recording, via transmission spectroscopy, spectra of highly absorbing samples. Examples of such samples are aqueous solutions which require effective path-lengths of less than 10 μm.

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