Abstract
ALTHOUGH rock salt has been commonly used in the construction of absorption cells for infra-red spectroscopy, it has the inherent disadvantages of being opaque beyond 15 µ, and of being attacked by water. Silver chloride, however, is transparent up to 25 µ and is completely resistant to water.
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Fugassi and McKinney, Rev. Sci. Instr., 13, 335 (1942).
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TETLOW, K. Silver Chloride Plates for Infra-Red Spectroscopy. Nature 159, 850 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159850a0
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