Abstract

The dependence of frequency ν on the setting T of an infrared prism spectrometer can be given by the formula ν(T) = A(T) + B/(C − T) with a small variation of the parameter A. For prisms in their lowest octave of transmission the variation in A is 10 cm⁻¹ for NaCl, and 2.5 cm⁻¹ for KBr and CsI. For a KBr prism in a double-pass instrument enough atmospheric absorption lines are resolved to give adequate reference data for calibration without using any other gas. Frequencies for this purpose are given.

© 1961 Optical Society of America

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