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PolytheneSam

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polystyrene film standard
« on: July 28, 2001, 11:12:00 AM »
Make your own polystyrene film standard for IR spec use.

http://xylene.chem.uofs.edu/~cab302/courses/363-1.htm



Here's the spectrum taken by a Perkin Elmer model 700 IR spec in 1968.  I have a copy of another polystyrene spectrum with better resolution that I got from the library. 

http://wsphotofews.excite.com/030/Ur/gu/lp/XU57338.jpg




http://www.geocities.com/dritte123/PSPF.html

PolytheneSam

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Re: polystyrene film standard
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2001, 10:40:00 AM »
The first link stopped working for some reason.  It was about making your own polystyrene film standard for IR specs.  Just mix 1 g of polystyrene foam with about 4-5 ml of acetone or toluene, pour on a glass plate and let dry.

Looks like the link works sometimes and other times it doesn't, so I uploaded it here. 

http://www.geocities.com/dritte123/363-1.htm



http://www.geocities.com/dritte123/PSPF.html

PolytheneSam

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Re: polystyrene film standard
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2002, 10:40:00 AM »
I found out polystyrene foam or what I had doesn't dissolve in acetone, but will dissolve in toluene.  I made some polystyrene film by putting a solution of polystyrene in toluene on top of water in a pyrex dish and let it evaporate.  It came out clear like Saran wrap except the edges of the film are thicker than the center.

http://www.geocities.com/dritte123/PSPF.html
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