Handbook of Near-Infrared Analysis

Presenting nearly 50% new and revised material, this edition combines concise theoretical foundations with the latest advances in instrumentation, computerization, calibration, and methods in NIR spectroscopy. Drawing on the experience of more than 60 experts in the field, it underscores accurate, time-, and cost-effective current trends in sample preparation, calibration transfer, process control, data analysis, and commercial NIR instrumentation. New chapters highlight novel applications in pharmaceuticals, polymers, petrochemicals, textiles, foods and beverages, agricultural products, biomedicine, nutraceuticals, and counterfeit detection.