Please I am looking for a simple method or explanation on how to interpret Fourier Transform Infra Red Spectrometry Results
There are excellent videos on youtube on FTIR such as
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIWc9eT476c
Interpreting FTIR result by a non-organic chemist may be a bit intricate and strenuous because each of the peak and its intensity is unique for a particular organic material. It becomes more complex when an organic material has the same functional group but different orientation. Generally quiet a lot of steps are considered in arriving at the identification of the material (the test is primarily for organic compound materials identification though it also identifies some inorganic materials). However, the simplified way of identification is comparative analysis of the FTIR results: (i) you have developed material- you compare its FTIR with the existing constituents material FTIR spectra. Its expected that most organic materials FTIR unique spectra are available (by researchers, industries etc). (ii) you modified or procured a material- you want to confirm its originality/purity or identify/analyse which of the peaks disappears or reappears or note any increase or decrease in peak intensity etc. Moreover, you should be able to identify the major peaks like presence of organic functional group CH3, CH2, CH (2940 1/cm), OH (3400 1/cm) etc.
Hi Kaisan, maybe this will be helpful: http://www.spectroscopynow.com/userfiles/sepspec/file/specNOW/eac10815.pdf
https://chem.libretexts.org/Core/Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry/Spectroscopy/Vibrational_Spectroscopy/Infrared_Spectroscopy/Infrared%3A_Interpretation
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