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Diffraction

phenomenon that arises as a result of passing radiation through the “lens” of the microspectrometer and past the edges of objects such as apertures and the specimen. It causes radiation to deviate from its usually straight line causing blurring of what should be sharp images

Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ANSI/ASTM E2224 − 23a Standard Guide for Forensic Analysis of Fibers by Infrared Spectroscopy. ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428 , 2023. Source link
Reprinted, with permission, from ASTM, copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428. A copy of the complete standard may be purchased from ASTM International, https://www.astm.org