文摘
Multivariate modeling and spectroscopy taken together constitute a powerful tool applicable to both process monitoringand to process and reaction optimizing. The present articleestablishes how near-IR spectroscopy utilizing a fiber-opticaltransmission probe can be combined with principal componentanalysis to extract concentration profiles from a set of spectrarecorded during the course of a reaction. Moreover, it isdemonstrated how to easily determine the end-point (optimizedreaction time, that is, the minimized time) of a reaction, and asimple calibration for quantitative analysis is demonstrated.