Practical Spectroscopy
in Agriculture and Food Science
Yuriy Posudin: National Agricultural University, Dept. of Biophysics,
Kiev, Ukraine
ISBN 978-1-57808-505-7 ; March 2007; 208 pages, hc; US $ 64.40
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This monograph introduces the students and specialists of agricultural and food
science to the
fundamentals of optical spectroscopy, main principles of modern spectroscopic
instrumentation,
advantages and practical applications of spectroscopic methods to investigation
of agricultural objects such as milk and dairy products, eggs, honey, animal
hair, and agronomic plants.
Contents
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Fundamentals of Spectroscopy
Optical Radiation; The Interaction of Light and Agricultural Object; Quantum
Theory; Atomic Absorption and Emission; Molecular Absorption and Emission; Electronic
Energy Levels; Vibrational Energy Levels; Processes of Deactivation; Spectroscopy;
Summary
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Laser: Principals and Mechanisms of Action
Principle of Action; Pumping; Spontaneous Emission; Stimulated Emission; Absorption;
Inversion
of Population; Components of Laser; Formation of Laser Radiation; Properties
of Laser Radiation;
Summary
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Spectroscopic Methods
Absorption/Transmission Spectroscopy; Light Reflection; Luminescence; Scattering;
Summary
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Spectroscopic Analysis of Milk and Dairy Products
Properties of Milk; Infrared Spectrophotometry of Milk and Dairy Products; Instrumentation;
The
Results of Infrared Spectrophotometry of Milk and Dairy Products; Infrared Spectrophotometer
for
Milk Analysis; Near Infrared Spectroscopy of Milk and Milk Components; Instrumentation;
The Results of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of Milk; Fluorescence Spectroscopy
of Milk and Milk Components; Instrumentation; The Results of Fluorescence Spectroscopy
of Milk; Identification of Milk Fluorophors; Fluorometers for Milk Analysis;
Laser Light Scattering by Milk Particles; Instrumentation; The Results of Light
Scattering by Milk Particles; Summary
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Spectroscopic Analysis of Eggs
Properties of Eggs; Current Problems of Eggs Quality Evaluation; Absorption/Transmission
Spectroscopy of Eggs in Visible Part of Spectrum; Fluoroscene Spectroscopy of
Eggs; Defectoscopy of Eggshell; Instrumentation; The Results of Spectroscopic
Analysis of Eggs and Eggshell; Summary
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Spectroscopic Analysis of Honey
Properties of Honey; Spectroscopic Analysis of Honey; Honey Samples; Instrumentation;
The Results of Spectroscopic Analysis of Honey; Summary
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Spectroscopic Analysis of Animal Hair and Bird Feathering
Properties of Animal Hair-Covering; Hair Samples; Instrumentation; The Results
of Spectroscopic
Analysis of Animal Hair; Selection in Cattle-Breeding; Laser Control of Bird
Feathering; Summary
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Spectroscopic Analysis of Agronomic Plants
Laser Spectrofluorometry of Agronomic Plants; Instrumentation; The Results of
Laser Spectrofluorometry of a Single Leaf; Fluorescene Induction Kinetics; Instrumentation;
The Results of Detection of Chlorophyll Fluorescence Kinetics; Vector Method
of Fluorescence Analysis of Plants Under Stress Conditions; Summary
