Recent applications of vibrational mid-Infrared (IR) spectroscopy for studying soil components: a review

The present review highlights the recent applications of mid-infrared spectroscopy and in particular of diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRIFT) and attenuated total reflectance (ATR) and processing methods (e.g., deconvolution, derivative and chemometrics) to rapidly provide valuable information on...

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Published inJournal of Central European agriculture Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 1 - 22
Main Authors Tinti, Anna, Tugnoli, Vitaliano, Bonora, Sergio, Francioso, Ornella
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Agronomski fakultet Zagreb 2015
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture
Subjects
attenuated total reflection
chemometrics
diffuse reflectance infrared
diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform
humic substances
mid-infrared spectroscopy
soil minerals
soil organic matter
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Summary:The present review highlights the recent applications of mid-infrared spectroscopy and in particular of diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRIFT) and attenuated total reflectance (ATR) and processing methods (e.g., deconvolution, derivative and chemometrics) to rapidly provide valuable information on soil composition and organic geochemistry. Research has demonstrated that both DRIFT and ATR techniques can be considered useful tools for the analysis of a large number of soil samples, giving not only typical spectral patterns but permitting an accurate prediction of quantitative parameters such as, e.g., total carbon, total nitrogen, C/Nratio, lignin, dissolved OC, carbonyl-C, aromatic-C, O-alkyl-C, and alkyl-C contents.Based on literature results, infrared spectroscopy can be recognized as one of the most promising analytical techniques for investigating soil science.
Bibliography:141299
ISSN:1332-9049
1332-9049
DOI:10.5513/JCEA01/16.1.1535