Choose the Frontier™ range of Fourier Transform IR spectrometers for superior spectroscopic performance in demanding applications. Powerful and adaptable, the Frontier meets all your current analysis needs and can be expanded as your research goals evolve. An exceptional signal-to-noise ratio and photometric performance assures optimal spectral quality to ensure best-in-class sensitivity. This configurable platform provides dependable and consistent operation through years of service.
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IR Ready for Any Challenge
The Frontier™ FT-IR/FIR system enables you to benefit from faster method development and reduced instrument costs with a single optimized system. Automated range switching enables you to quickly move onto your next sample without manual reconfiguration. The system can be upgraded to a Spotlight™ microscope system, have an external optical bench added, or be configured with an upgraded detector at any time.
The Frontier MIR/FIR is suitable for a wide range of applications and can be configured to your needs regarding the level of performance desired to meet the demand of your daily IR analyses. See the configurations table below for all available instrument options.
Frontier MIR/FIR spectrometers feature:
An External Beam Pack can be configured to allow for automatic beam path switching for use with external accessories such as the Spotlight™ microscope, NIRA accessory, and the General Purpose Optical Bench.
Setting the Standard
The Frontier is loaded with a range of advanced innovations designed to provide optimal performance from the configuration you choose.
Ultimate Performance & Unrivalled Flexibility
PerkinElmer recognizes that every application is different. The result is a complete solution to provide the fastest assurance of the quality of your materials, regardless of the application. For these specific applications, we offer various analysis systems and application pack add-ons.
Frontier is designed to function with a variety of sampling accessories to enhance the versatility of the instrument including the Diffuse Reflectance Accessory, HATR, NIRA, TG-IR interface, UATR, Polarized UATR, General-Purpose Optical Bench, and Specular Reflectance Accessory.
Results Matter
The Spectrum 10 software suite drives the Frontier MIR/FIR system and can support advanced FT-IR analysis in research and industrial laboratories, always providing optimal results. The software supplied with your instrument enables you to control the instrument and to manipulate the spectra that you collect. The spectrometers can operate in ratio, single-beam, or interferogram mode.
For regulated industries that demand secure IR quality testing, Spectrum 10 ES™ software is available and encompasses user access control, audit trailing, data security, and data integrity to ensure secure analyses to meet the technical demands of 21 CFR Part 11 compliance. The revolutionary Spectrum AssureID™ software is available and can provide manufacturing QA/QC functions with a rapid, unambiguous means of verifying identity and quality of a production material. Spectrum Quant is an optional software package designed for novice and advanced spectroscopists who need to integrate accurate quantitative analysis into their MIR/FIR analysis.
| 21 CFR Part 11 Compatible | Yes |
|---|---|
| Depth | 60.0 cm |
| Detector Type | DTGS |
| Height | 30.0 cm |
| Operating Range | 5 - 40 °C |
| Portable | No |
| Product Brand Name | Frontier |
| Product Group | Instrument |
| Warranty | 1 year |
| Weight | 34.0 kg |
| Width | 52.0 cm |
| Detector Type | External Beam Pack? | Software | Part Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| DTGS | No | Spectrum 10 | L1280044 |
| DTGS | No | Spectrum 10 ES | L1280045 |
| DTGS | Yes | Spectrum 10 | L1280048 |
| DTGS | Yes | Spectrum 10 ES | L1280049 |
| MCT | No | Spectrum 10 | L1280046 |
| MCT | No | Spectrum 10 ES | L1280047 |
| MCT | Yes | Spectrum 10 | L1280050 |
| MCT | Yes | Spectrum 10 ES | L1280051 |
Thermogravimetric analysis coupled to infrared spectroscopy (TG-IR) can provide detailed information about the amount and nature of the pollution, while requiring no sample preparation at all. This application note illustrates the kind of data that can be obtained with a modern TG-IR system.
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Reducing our dependence on fossil fuels and our reliance on oil and petroleum supplies are worldwide issues. Many see the increasing use of biodiesel fuel as a key initiative to meet these global needs.
The move to include proportions of biodiesel in everyday fuel has created a host of unresolved issues for both engine manufacturers and diesel consumers. Uppermost among these are questions concerning the concentration of the biofuel (Fatty Acid, Methyl Ester – FAME) and its quality. This application note describes how infrared transmission measurements can be used to address the concentration measurements.
Detecting gases at low concentrations with FT-IR requires long pathlengths to increase absorption. The conventional approach employs a multi-pass White Cell where the light beam is reflected between two mirrors that are angled so that the beam emerges past one of the mirrors after a number of reflections, giving pathlengths up to tens of meters. In cavity-enhanced measurements, a highly collumated beat is reflected between two mirrors.
The ability to accurately characterize textile fibres is important in many fields, including textile conservation, forensic analysis and industrial production. Conventional methods such as microscopy and spectroscopy can be used to investigate the morphology and chemistry of a sample, but reveal little about its miscrostructure.
, The PerkinElmer Frontier or Spectrum Two series of FT-IR spectrometers can be utilized successfully for the determination of oil and grease in water samples. The method shows good linearity and precision, with a detection limit below 0.5 mg/L.
The FT-IR spectrum of biodiesel takes only a few seconds to measure with a diamond ATR accessory, and contains readily, accessible information about the extent of unsaturation in the fatty acid chains.
The need for sustainable fuel sources has led to an increasing global emphasis on fuels produced from renewable, biological sources. Biodiesel is one such fuel, and consists of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) produced from vegetable oils or animal fats.
Heated ATR is used to follow the thermal changes in chcolatate, which is largely a suspension of sucrose and cocoa solids in a matrix of cocoa butter.
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As the importance of sustainable energy production increases, so too does the global commitment to using fuels from renewable biological sources. This article discusses the use of FT-IR spectroscopy for quantification of FAME in fuels, and compares the two current standard test methods, EN 14078 and ASTM D7371, considering their relative merits for both blend and trace analysis.
Choose the PerkinElmer Frontier™ range of near-, mid- and far-IR Fourier Transform spectrometers for superior spectroscopic performance in demanding applications. Powerful and adaptable, the Frontier meets all your current analysis needs and can be expanded as your research goals evolve. And with automated range switching, mid- near- or far-IR techniques are available at your fingertips. An exceptional signal-to-noise ratio and photometric performance assures optimal spectral performance to ensure best-in-class sensitivity. This configurable platform provides dependable, consistent and trouble-free operation through years of service.
Frontier™ is PerkinElmer’s most powerful, adaptable IR solution yet, specially developed to offer superior performance in demanding applications.
