Title: spectrometer
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - spectrometer
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.S05837
Status: current

Definition
A general term for describing a combination of spectral apparatus with one or more detectors to measure the intensity of one or more spectral bands.

Related Terms
- filter spectrometer: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/F02387
- multiplex spectrometer: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/M04059
- sequential spectrometer: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/S05625
- simultaneous spectrometer: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/S05681

Source
- PAC, 1995, 67, 1725. 'Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis-IX. Instrumentation for the spectral dispersion and isolation of optical radiation (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 1729 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567101725)

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Citation: Citation: 'spectrometer' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.S05837
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