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Thermo Scientific
Nicolet iS10 FT-IR
Spectrometer

FT-IR spectroscopy for learning environments

Teach Science, Not Software
Laboratory sessions form the core of most
science courses. But time spent teaching
students to use instruments, or worrying
about instrument performance, is time for
learning wasted. Here is an opportunity to
help your students focus on the science, not
the instrument.
In teaching, infrared spectroscopy is a
tool. Like a calculator or a projector, an FT-IR
spectrometer helps students apply classroom
teaching, experience active learning, and
keep interest high. The tool must not get in
the way. Just as burned out projector bulbs
distract classes, difficult to use or unreliable
spectrometers are also distractions. These
are non-issues with the Thermo Scientific
Nicolet™ iS™ 10 FT-IR spectrometer. We
have simplified the tool so you can focus
on the science.
Designed from the start with robustness
and ease-of-operation as core values for the
most demanding audiences, the Nicolet iS10
can simplify laboratory data collection to its
most basic:
 Load Sample.
 Get Spectrum.
 Print.
 Next group!
The transmission compartment fits all
of the typical transmission accessories, like
salt-plate cells, flow cells or film holders.
Sample introduction and cleaning of liquids,
gels and pastes is even simpler using the
Smart iTR ATR accessory. Gases can be
analyzed using standard gas cells (up to
10 cm), right in the transmission housing.
Working in the lab has never been easier.
Our expertise is at your service.

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Assisting Students in Understanding Complex Concepts
We have collected well-tested experiments from educators to assist
you with your curriculum. Basic experiments like learning about FT-IR,
the identification of functional groups and quantitative analysis are
prepared for you. The classic physical chemistry experiment involving
HCl rotation has been written up, with theory and directed calculations.
Less well known experiments, like the doubling of the ammonia
vibration, have been explained in a way that students can grasp
complex concepts while gaining more experience with the spectrometer.
Applying New Paradigms: Enhancing Learning
The most common use of FT-IR in laboratories is organic chemistry.
There are often lines waiting for a turn at the instrument, problems
with broken cells or bad data, and complex user interfaces.
The Nicolet iS10, coupled with the power of the OMNIC™
software suite and the right accessories can make all this old-school:
• No cells to clean or break
– Use the Smart iTR accessory, with its flexible sampling options
• No lines at the spectrometer
– Data collection requires only seconds
• No bad data
– Internal validation wheel ensures integrity of data
• No complex interface
– Macros\Basic™ make single button operation easy to attain

High resolution FT-IR spectrum of ammonia

HCl spectrum from 10 mm gas cell

% CYCLO ABS

15 15.06
20 20.56
25 25.34
30 31.15
35 37.07
CorrCoeff 0.99929
Slope 1.0922
Intercept -1.469 Replacing the IR or NIR source in
Write the equation for the calibration equation as: sample compartment is a simple t
Abs = (Slope)(% Cyclo) + Intercept
to quickly and easily teach infrare
Quantitative method of x in y
in the near-infrared.

Exceptional line shape and The Nicolet iS10 is compatible

resolution of the Nicolet with Thermo Scientific Smart
iS10 spectrometer allow Accessories™ including ATR,
you to teach gas-phase DRIFTS, specular reflectance
vibrational modes. and much more.*
*Cells and holders optional.
 To Search Or Not To Search?
OMNIC software and the powerful new analysis
program OMNIC Specta™ give unparalleled access to
spectral interpretation tools. The OMNIC interface
allows you to choose the access students are
permitted:
• Minimal access
– Print out for manual analysis
• Interpretation tools
– Assign functional groups only
• Full search
– Search against libraries
• Full search plus deeper analysis
– Specta tools allow analysis of mixtures against a
library of over 9000 compounds
the Nicolet iS10
task, enabling you
ed and overtones
All you need is a cigarette lighter
or safety spark lighter to teach
kinetics with the Nicolet iS10
and OMNIC Series software.
With a speed of up to 40 scans
per second, you can show butane
and flame ignition chemistry in
just a few seconds.
The iS10: Workhorse In Your Lab
Industrial users require the spectrometer to have built-in
performance assurance. With an internal validation
wheel standard, and the Performance Verification tools,
you can check over the instrument at the beginning of
the semester after a summer hiatus, after a weekend,
or every day to ensure it is ready to go.
“Make it easy” is another critical requirement.
Using Macros\Basic, you can simplify to one button press
your routine laboratory experiments, making for time
teaching science, less time teaching a user interface.
Convenient and quick access to
But we also kept the legendary Thermo Scientific
desiccants allows you to keep
flexibility. You could teach kinetics, using the Series
software add-on to OMNIC. Students can visualize the your optics dry.
time behavior of a reaction mechanism by tracking the
starting reagent and a product in 3D. There are plenty
of accessories, too – like DRIFTS, specular reflectance
or multi-bounce ATR. The unit is not locked on one
application or one accessory – it grows with your needs.
So experience the confidence and performance
of the Nicolet iS10. And spend your time where it
counts – teaching science.
The integrated scan button panel includes a
humidity indicator that immediately informs
you when your desiccant needs recharging.
 The Nicolet iS10 comes standard with:
• Sealed and desiccated optics
• Replaceable source (NIR source optional)
• Award-winning OMNIC software
• Integrated scan button
• Performance verification hardware and software
• Infrared theory tutorials
• Infrared interpretation and identification tools
• Macro developer to automate experiments
• Software to teach quantitative analysis
• Spectral libraries (1400 compounds)

The Nicolet iS10 comes standard with

a universal sampling compartment for
liquid and gas cells, KBr pellets and
thin film holders

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