Editor's Notes

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 54, Iss. 5, pp. 156A–156A (2000)
• Paul B. Farnsworth

Spectroscopists' Calendar

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 54, Iss. 5, pp. 158A–160A (2000)
• Robert B. Green

Book Reviews

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 54, Iss. 5, pp. 162A–163A (2000)

Factors Affecting the Performance of Bench-Top Raman Spectrometers. Part I: Instrumental Effects

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 54, Iss. 5, pp. 164A–173A (2000)
• Bryan T. Bowie, D. Bruce Chase, and Peter R. Griffiths

Applied Spectroscopy News

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 54, Iss. 5, pp. 184A–186A (2000)
• Deborah K. Bradshaw

Study of Solution Calibration of NIST Soil and Glass Samples by Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 54, Iss. 5, pp. 639–644 (2000)
• Melody Bi, Antonio Ruiz M., Benjamin W. Smith, and James D. Winefordner

Emission Spectroscopic and Mass Spectrometric Characterization of Laser-Ablated Species from a Ferroelectric SrBi₂Ta₂O₉ Target

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 54, Iss. 5, pp. 645–650 (2000)
• Yi Li Xinju, Yongxin Tang, and Qizong Qin

Investigations into Trace Detection of Nitrocompounds by One- and Two-Color Laser Photofragmentation/Fragment Detection Spectrometry

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 54, Iss. 5, pp. 651–658 (2000)
• Vaidhianat Swayambunathan, Rosario C. Sausa, and Gurbax Singh

Determination of Chromium in Human Lung Fibroblast Cells Using a Large Bore-Direct Injection High-Efficiency Nebulizer with Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 54, Iss. 5, pp. 659–663 (2000)
• John A. McLean, Billy W. Acon, Akbar Montaser, Jatinder Singh, Daryl E. Pritchard, and Steven R. Patierno

Direct Evidence of Ozone as the Active Oxidant in "Photooxidation" of Alkanethiols on SERS-Active Silver

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 54, Iss. 5, pp. 664–668 (2000)
• Matthew M. Ferris and Kathy L. Rowlen

Solid-Phase Luminescence of Several Rare Earth Ions on Ion-Exchange Films

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 54, Iss. 5, pp. 669–675 (2000)
• Stephen P. Tanner and Kenneth W. Street

Mid-IR Spectroscopy for the Quantification of Metal Ions in Aqueous Solution in the Nanogram Range

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 54, Iss. 5, pp. 676–680 (2000)
• Amparo Pérez-Ponce and Bernhard Lendl

Characterization of Plant Carbohydrates and Changes in Leaf Carbohydrate Chemistry Due to Chemical and Enzymatic Degradation Measured by Microscopic ATR FT-IR Spectroscopy

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 54, Iss. 5, pp. 681–686 (2000)
• Marcella Mascarenhas, John Dighton, and Georgia A. Arbuckle

Observation of the Berreman Effect in Infrared Reflection-Absorption Spectra of Amorphous Titanium Oxide Thin Films Deposited on Aluminum

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 54, Iss. 5, pp. 687–691 (2000)
• B. C. Trasferetti, C. U. Davanzo, N. C. Da Cruz, and M. A. B. De Moraes

Two-Dimensional Correlation Analysis, Fourier Self-Deconvolution, and Second-Derivative Studies on Assignments of the CH₂ Stretching Bands for Cast Films of 2-Dodecyl-, 2-Pentadecyl-, and 2-Octadecyl-7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 54, Iss. 5, pp. 692–698 (2000)
• Hai-Shui Wang and Yukihiro Ozaki

Orientation Distribution Functions in Uniaxial Systems Centered Perpendicularly to a Constraint Direction

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 54, Iss. 5, pp. 699–705 (2000)
• F. Lagugné Labarthet, T. Buffeteau, and C. Sourisseau

Calibration Transfer in the Automated Detection of Acetone by Passive Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 54, Iss. 5, pp. 706–714 (2000)
• Frederick W. Koehler IV, Gary W. Small, Roger J. Combs, Robert B. Knapp, and Robert T. Kroutil

Near-Infrared Spectroscopy for Monitoring the p-Diethylbenzene Separation Process

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 54, Iss. 5, pp. 715–720 (2000)
• Hoeil Chung, Min-Sik Ku, Jaebum Lee, and Jaebum Choo

Resolution Enhancement of Composite Spectra with Fractal Noise in Derivative Spectrometry

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 54, Iss. 5, pp. 721–730 (2000)
• S. S. Kharintsev, D. I. Kamalova, and M. KH. Salakhov

Resolution of the NMR Spectrum Using Wavelet Transform

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 54, Iss. 5, pp. 731–738 (2000)
• Xueguang Shao, Hua Gu, Jihui Wu, and Yunyu Shi

Microchip Lasers as a Compact Excitation Source for Raman Spectroscopy

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 54, Iss. 5, pp. 739–741 (2000)
• Alfons Schulte, Chris Fredricksen, Scott Buchter, and Greg Mizell

Chemical Analysis with a Low-Resolution Raman Spectrometer

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 54, Iss. 5, pp. 742–746 (2000)
• Charles K. Mann and Thomas J. Vickers

Univariate and Multivariate Calibration for the Quantitative Determination of Methyl-parathion in Pesticide Formulations by FT-Raman Spectroscopy

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 54, Iss. 5, pp. 747–752 (2000)
• Stavroula G. Skoulika and Constantinos A. Georgiou

Uncooled Barium Strontium Titanium Focal Plane Array Detection for Mid-Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopic Imaging

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 54, Iss. 5, pp. 753–755 (2000)
• Abigail S. Haka, Ira W. Levin, and E. Neil Lewis

ATR Spectral Intensity: What is the Upper Limit of Weak Absorption?

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• Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 54, Iss. 5, pp. 756–758 (2000)
• Sanong Ekgasit