Spectroscopy Like it’s 1985!

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Lately, I’ve been getting into the concept of spectroscopy, and since I have awesome friends, it’s been getting real interesting. My buddy Mike just so happened to have access to a couple of Bomem DA-3 Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometers, and the mad lad let me borrow one. But, what is a spectrometer? And what is a Bomem DA3? If you want to support the channel please hop over to Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/usagielectric Also, we now have some epic shirts for sale! https://my-store-11554688.creator-spring.com Come join us on Discord! Discord: https://discord.gg/p7UsfHD Thanks for watching! Chapters 0:00 Electromagnetic radiation 2:33 Absorption, reflection, and transmission 6:00 Using absorption and transmission to learn about my hand 8:50 Our human spectrometer is terrible 9:55 Welcome to the Bomem DA3 13:38 Following the light path 16:30 Don’t forget about the laser! 16:58 How does the DA3 actually work? 21:40 A very gnarly PDP-11 from 1985 24:24 Looking at a spectra 25:56 What’s the gameplan here? 27:16 Bunny!