A Thin Quartz Cell Suitable for Vacuum Ultraviolet Absorption
and Circular Dichroism Measurements
Donald M. Gray, Dimitrij Lang, Ekkehard Kuner, Marilyn Vaughan, and John Sutherland
Analytical Biochemistry 136, 247-250 (1984).
Abstract
The design of a thin quartz cell suitable for absorption and circular
dichroism measurements in the vacuum ultraviolet is described. Important
features of the cell are (1) that it can be disassembled for cleaning and
reproduciblv reassembled with path lengths up to 0.3 mm, and (2) that
strain in the windows from the compressed sample can be relieved by a sample
overflow port. The latter feature allows the cell to be used for circular
dichroism as well as absorption measurements.
KEY WORDS: thin quartz sample cell; vacuum ultraviolet absorption; circular dichroism.
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