The FTIR Forensics analyzer
FTIR Forensics Analyzer
In addition to its performance and ease-of-use, the FTIR forensics analyzer's comprehensive forensics database makes this system stand out. The ATR forensics library for Agilent mobile FTIR spectrometers contains 13,137 spectra specifically selected for the forensics market. It includes materials categorized as biochemicals, forensics, white powders, hazardous and toxic chemicals, HPV chemicals, food additives, and explosives. The FTIR forensics analyzer package also offers a drugs and NPS (new psychoactive substances) library containing a range of drugs and drug-related items ideal for drug identification applications.
For Forensic Use
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Product Details
- Delivers accurate results in real time.
- Requires little or no sample preparation.
- Diamond ATR sample interface is chemically resistant to virtually all compounds.
- Choice of Agilent 4500a or 5500a FTIR forensics analyzer depending on user needs.
- Forensics analyzer offers a choice of comprehensive databases, including the TICTAC ATR drugs library with 643 items or the forensic ATR database with more than 13,000 spectra.
- Option available for database containing 18,513 ATR spectra of compounds from the Aldrich collection of the Sigma-Aldrich Company.
- Uses MicroLab FTIR software.
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Agilent FTIR Forensics Analyzer Package: Lab-Quality FTIR ATR Analyzers, Inside or Outside the Lab
Agilent FTIR forensics analyzers provide accurate results in real time with a comprehensive library and little-to-no sample preparation.
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- 23 Sep 2022
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Identification of Narcotics and Related Substances with Portable FTIR ATR Analyzers
This application note describes the portable 4500a and the transportable 5500a FTIR forensics analyzers for narcotic detection, demonstrating new features in Agilent MicroLab 5.7 software.
- Application Notes
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- 26 Sep 2022
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Identifying Narcotics and Cutting Agents in Mixtures - FTIR Forensics Analyzer Package
Common street narcotics and their cutting agents were correctly identified using the Agilent 4500a and 5500a FTIR forensics analyzers.
- Application Notes
- English
- 26 Sep 2022
- 2.29 MB
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Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) Overview
Learn about infrared spectroscopy & FTIR spectroscopy—FAQs on how FTIR works, how FTIR spectrometers work, FTIR measurements, and techniques like ATR-FTIR
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Agilent Releases MicroLab 5.8, MicroLab Pharma 5.8, and MicroLab Expert 1.3
The new revision of software that powers the Cary 630 FTIR spectrometer—as well as Agilent handheld and mobile FTIR systems—is now supported on Microsoft’s latest operating system – Windows 11. The MicroLab Pharma 5.8 software now also utilizes Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Express, supported by Microsoft until 2028.
- 31 May 2024
Agilent Raman and IR Spectrometers for In-Field Drug Analysis Detailed in Wiley Analytical Science Article
The Agilent Resolve Raman system and the 4500 and 5500 FTIR spectrometers have been used in combination to provide quick and accurate drug identification in the field, speeding up the response time and keeping operators safe. Read the full article in Wiley Analytical Science Magazine to learn more.
- 08 Dec 2022
Agilent Releases FTIR Narcotics Identification Capability
A new comprehensive library (TICTAC FTIR ATR drugs library) is now available for deployment with Agilent compact and portable FTIR systems for drug identification applications. The new library contains 643 drugs and drug related substances with focus on new psychoactive substances (NPS), and is paired with the new features in Agilent’s application-focused FTIR software, MicroLab, to provide a simple, fast solution for drug ID.
- 31 Jul 2022
FTIR Analysis & Applications Overview
A guide to modern applications of FTIR analysis using benchtop and handheld instruments.
ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy Overview
Learn about the most common FTIR sampling technique for measuring liquids, solids, powders, semisolids, and pastes.
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- Detection & identification of hazardous narcotics and new psychoactive substances using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Anal. Methods, 2023, 15, 3225-3232 Learn More
- Rapid detection of synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists impregnated into paper by attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, J. Forensic Sciences, 2023 Learn More
- Combined spectroscopy techniques for narcotic identification - Using Raman and infrared spectroscopy for in-field narcotic analysis, C. Kruszynski, S. Williams, Wiley Analytical Science Magazine, Volume 8, Dec 2022. Learn More