Shimadzu's proprietary wide-field camera and microscope camera help to observe samples efficiently. The wide field camera supports variable digital zoom as well as observing a wide area up to 10 x 13 mm. It also achieves a digital zoom function that can zoom up to approximately 330x magnification to observe extremely small areas as small as 30 x 40 µm, by sharing location information with the microscope camera. (The microscope camera supports variable digital zoom magnifications up to 10x.)






















 

A function that automatically recognizes contaminants is included as standard. The analyst presses a single button and the software automatically recognizes the contaminant. Determines the optimal aperture size and angle in just one second. The FT-IR Microscope is designed in two variants, a standard model and an optimized model for extremely small areas. Users can choose the best model for their application. Automatically determined measurement locations can be measured without editing, or the analyst can add or delete measurement locations. Sample images are automatically saved to the measured spectra. Sample and measurement locations can then be easily identified.










 

FT-IR Spectrophotometer Microscope contaminant analysis program - functionality to automatically characterize contaminants is included as a standard feature in LabSolutions IR software. Spectra measured using AIMsolution can be loaded directly into LabSolutions IR and analyzed. The contaminant analysis program identifies measured contaminants with high precision using a spectral library for substances commonly detected as contaminants in combination with Shimadzu's proprietary identification algorithm.


 

Contaminants Library and Thermal-Damaged Plastics Library

Contaminants Library (P/N 206-33179-91)

This unique library was created by Shimadzu especially for analyzing contaminants in tap water and food products. The library includes information about samples actually collected as contaminants and service parts commercially marketed for tap water applications. It also includes a collection of X-ray fluorescence profiles (PDF files). Consequently, it can significantly improve the precision of contaminant searches. Unlike the previous libraries, this is a mixture library that covers the extensive knowledge and experience necessary for qualitative analysis.

Thermal-Damaged Plastics Library (P/N 206-33039-91)

This unique library includes information about plastics that have degraded due to oxidation by heating. The library is especially useful for analyzing degraded contaminant substances, which are common.

Visualize Components - Chemical Imaging

The invisible distribution of chemicals, peak height or area can be visualized on the basis of multivariate analysis (PCR/MCR) or spectral similarity to the target spectrum.

• Diamond cell extruded pharmaceutical products are measured followed by mapping.
• The figure on the right represents the distribution of powder components such as lactose, lipid and cellulose.
• The color screen can be freely switched between monochrome and multicolor.

Perform Ultra Micro Analysis - Best-in-Class Signal-to-Noise Ratio

The AIM-9000 Infrared Microscope is optimized for measuring extremely small areas. The AIM-9000 achieves best-in-class 30,000:1 signal-to-noise ratios. As a result, it can quickly acquire excellent spectra even from extremely small contaminants.

Transmission Measurement of Polystyrene Beads

A ø10 µm polystyrene bead was measured by the permeability method. With only a small number of scans, a low-noise and high-quality spectrum of a very small sample was obtained.

The Ge prism (P/N 206-32600-41) has an anti-reflective coating that provides high sensitivity for over 50% higher throughput. Due to a steeper incident angle for the infrared light, compared to the previous model, the AIM-9000 is able to acquire excellent distortion-free ATR spectra even when measuring samples with a high refractive index, such as black rubber.

An acrylonitrilebutadiene rubber (NBR) with 50wt% carbon was measured by Ge-ATR objective. A clear peak of C=C-H out-of-plane bending mode was obtained at 970cm-1, which was strained by conventional ATR objective.