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Raman Reaction Monitoring

The VERAX™ reaction monitoring system turns Raman spectroscopy into a truly in-situ technique, allowing you to carry out Raman analysis in real time as a reaction evolves. The VERAX™ spectrometer has a range of 250–1940 cm-1, uses a 785 nm diode laser and a TE-cooled CCD array detector, and comes with a fiber-optic probe from the RamanProbe™ range. You can use the VERAX™ inside a conventional lab-scale reaction vessel or your choice of ALR (Automated Laboratory Reactor) to generate real-time data on the reactions and chemical changes that are taking place - all without perturbing the process to remove samples. Reactor modifications are kept to a minimum - often avoided completely - since RamanProbes™ are compact enough to fit into many existing reactor ports and can collect data through the walls of glass reactors.

 

Real-Time Display with VizRaman™ Software

VizRaman™ software is the Raman version of Remspec's successful VizIR™ package, and provides the same simple but powerful interface for setting up and running reaction monitoring experiments. Parameters such as Exposure Time are set on the main control panel, then either a single spectrum or a set of successive spectra are collected. The display includes a true 3D display of spectra as they are collected – you can manipulate the 3D image without disrupting data collection to take advantage of its full visual power. An optional second window can be added to show the most recent single spectrum, or a trend line of the height of a selected peak versus time. All of the individual spectra, and the calculated trendlines, are stored for later detailed analysis.

     


For the ultimate in spectroscopic reaction monitoring, VERAX™ and ReactionView™ can be run side by side to give synchronized Raman and mid-IR spectra as a reaction proceeds. Both the probes fit easily into standard reactors and can be customized to fit almost any specialized port or inlet.

RamIR™ 1.0 software allows VERAX™ and ReactionView™ to be controlled from a single computer, using the same powerful but user-friendly interface features as VizIR™ and VizRaman™. With full featured windows for both channels, realtime comparison of spectra and trendlines is easy.