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Methods for adapting laser Raman spectroscopy for monitoring water pollution have been developed and tested. Both conventional and resonance Raman spectra have been measured; the latter effect lowers the detection limits by ~103. In general, Raman spectroscopy has the following advantages in pollution studies: (i) water is a very weak Raman scatterer, (ii) each chemical has a characteristic Raman fingerprint, (iii) quantitative measurements can be made easily, (iv) remote and flow-through detection systems are feasible. These advantages and the difficulties with the method are discussed herein.
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Van Haverbeke, L., Brown, C.W. (1978). Water Pollution Studies Using Raman Spectroscopy. In: Toribara, T.Y., Coleman, J.R., Dahneke, B.E., Feldman, I. (eds) Environmental Pollutants. Environmental Science Research, vol 13. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4033-1_11
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