MIL-HDBK-17-1F Volume 1,Chapter 4 Matrix Characterization TABLE 4.4 Techniques for chemical characterization. Elemental Analysis- Conventional Analytical Techniques X-Ray Fluorescence Atomic Absorption(AA) ICAP EDAX Neutron Activation Analysis Functional Group Analysis- Conventional Wet Chemical Techniques Potentiometric Titration Coulometry Radiography Spectroscopic Analysis- Infrared(Pellet,Film,Dispersion,Reflectance),Fourier Transform IR (FTIR),Photoacoustic FTIR,Internal Reflection IR,IR Micros- copy,Dichroism Laser Raman Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)13C,1H,15N;Conventional (Soluble Sample).Solid State (Machined or Molded Sample) Fluorescence,Chemiluminescence,Phosphorescence Ultraviolet-Visible (UV-VIS) Mass Spectroscopy(MS),Election Impact MS,Field Desorption MS. Laser Desorption MS,Secondary lon Mass Spectroscopy(SIMS). Chemical lonization MS Electron Spin Resonance(ESR) ESCA(Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis) X-Ray Photoelectron X-Ray Emission X-Ray Scattering(Small Angle-Saxs) Small-Angle Neutron Scattering(SANS) Dynamic Light Scattering Chromatographic Analysis- Gas Chromatography(GC)or GC/MS(Low MW Compounds) Pyrolysis-GC and GC/MS(Pyrolysis Products) Headspace GC/MS (Volatiles) Inverse GC (Thermodynamic Interaction Parameters) Size-Exclusion Chromatography(SEC),SEC-IR Liquid Chromatography (LC or HPLC),HPLC-MS,Multi-Dimensional/ Orthogonal LC,Microbore LC Supercritical Fluid Chromatography(SFC) Thin-Layer Chromatography(TLC),2-D TLC Infrared(IR)spectroscopy is sensitive to changes in the dipole moments of vibrating groups in mole- cules and,accordingly,yields useful information for the identification of resin components.IR spectros- copy provides a fingerprint of the resin composition and is not limited by the solubility of resin components (References 4.4.3(b)-4.4.3(d)).Indeed,gases,liquids and solids may be analyzed by IR spectroscopy. Advances in technology have led to the development of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FTIR),a computer-supported IR technique for rapidly scanning and storing infrared spectra.Multiple scans and Fourier transformation of the infrared spectra enhance the signal-to-noise ratio and provide improved 4-5MIL-HDBK-17-1F Volume 1, Chapter 4 Matrix Characterization 4-5 TABLE 4.4 Techniques for chemical characterization. Elemental Analysis - Conventional Analytical Techniques X-Ray Fluorescence Atomic Absorption (AA) ICAP EDAX Neutron Activation Analysis Functional Group Analysis - Conventional Wet Chemical Techniques Potentiometric Titration Coulometry Radiography Spectroscopic Analysis - Infrared (Pellet, Film, Dispersion, Reflectance), Fourier Transform IR (FTIR), Photoacoustic FTIR, Internal Reflection IR, IR Micros￾copy, Dichroism Laser Raman Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) 13C, 1H, 15N; Conventional (Soluble Sample), Solid State (Machined or Molded Sample) Fluorescence, Chemiluminescence, Phosphorescence Ultraviolet-Visible (UV-VIS) Mass Spectroscopy (MS), Election Impact MS, Field Desorption MS, Laser Desorption MS, Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy (SIMS), Chemical Ionization MS Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) ESCA (Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis) X-Ray Photoelectron X-Ray Emission X-Ray Scattering (Small Angle-Saxs) Small-Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) Dynamic Light Scattering Chromatographic Analysis - Gas Chromatography (GC) or GC/MS (Low MW Compounds) Pyrolysis-GC and GC/MS (Pyrolysis Products) Headspace GC/MS (Volatiles) Inverse GC (Thermodynamic Interaction Parameters) Size-Exclusion Chromatography (SEC), SEC-IR Liquid Chromatography (LC or HPLC), HPLC-MS, Multi-Dimensional/ Orthogonal LC, Microbore LC Supercritical Fluid Chromatography (SFC) Thin-Layer Chromatography (TLC), 2-D TLC Infrared (IR) spectroscopy is sensitive to changes in the dipole moments of vibrating groups in mole￾cules and, accordingly, yields useful information for the identification of resin components. IR spectros￾copy provides a fingerprint of the resin composition and is not limited by the solubility of resin components (References 4.4.3(b) - 4.4.3(d)). Indeed, gases, liquids and solids may be analyzed by IR spectroscopy. Advances in technology have led to the development of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), a computer-supported IR technique for rapidly scanning and storing infrared spectra. Multiple scans and Fourier transformation of the infrared spectra enhance the signal-to-noise ratio and provide improved