Spectrophotometer

[NuTek2012]

Can anyone reccomend a unit with full uv wavelength capabilities?

The UV-3600 UV-VIS-NIR Spectrophotometer seems to be pretty decent.
http://www.ssi.shimadzu.com/products/pr ... visspectro

Is has a range of 185 nm - 3300 nm.

Ultraviolet 10 nm - 390 nm
Visible 390 - 750 nm
Infrared 750 nm - 1 mm

Does anyone know of a unit that covers the full band 10nm to 1000nm+?

[tom jupille]

Unless you have an evacuated system, you're not going to go below about 190 nm (O2 starts to absorb down there) or much above 700 nm (water vapor).

[uzman]

There is no such spectrophotometer in one unit.
Spectrophotometers are divided into several categories :
X-ray , UV-VIS , VIS , NIR , IR etc. depending on their wavelenght range.
Most UV-VIS spectrophotometers covers the range 200nm to 1100nm.
Practically below 200nm is useless in a QC laboratory.

It is difficult to make an instrument covering hole range because it requires several light sources , x-ray , deuterium , tungsten, IR heating elements etc.
Also it will require several monochromators and straylight filters each covering different wavelenght ranges.

[unmgvar]

why to look for such an instrument is the interesting question that comes to mind
why would one need it?