Optical spectrochemical methods will be discussed in detail. The principles, instrumentation and usage of each individual technique will be explained. The spectrochemical information concept and spectrochemical methodology and the instrumentation in optical spectrometers will be discussed in detail.

Spectrochemical measurements; Optical components of spectrometry; Resources, transducers and measuring systems; Wavelength dispersion; Dispersive and non-dispersive systems; Signal to noise ratio and improvement; Methodology in spectrochemical analysis; Introduction to molecular spectroscopy; UV-Vis. spectrophotometry; Infrared spectrometry; Molecular luminescence spectrometry; Molecular scattering methods; Surface analysis by spectroscopy and microscopy