Shimadzu spectrophotometric analysis application note

Shimadzu has published an application note to illustrate the capabilities of the UV-2600 UV-VIS Spectrophotometer with ISR-2600Plus Integrating Sphere for transmittance measurement of IR-cut glass.

With the reality of finite energy sources and ever-increasing demands for more energy, a variety of innovations have been developed with the aim of reducing energy consumption. One of these is IR-cut glass, which effectively limits the rise of indoor temperature by filtering out near-infrared rays.

But, while cutting near-infrared radiation is an effective means of conserving energy, it is also important to ensure that visible light is effectively transmitted to the interior to help illuminate the interior of a room.

The application note introduces the use of the auto point pick feature newly added to the company’s UV-visible spectrophotometer software along with the use of an integrating sphere attachment to verify the effectiveness of IR-cut processing in window glass.

The application note is available for download at: http://www2.shimadzu.com/applications/UV/VIS/UV%20A442.pdf.