How to build a spectrometer from the College of Natural Sciences - CSU Online

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Komentáře • 63

  • @daithiod
    @daithiod Před 3 lety +44

    Man, I’ve read some of the comments on your video and you’re getting hammered for minor spelling errors and adding music. The fact that you made the effort to demonstrate not only the basics of spectroscopy and proceed to give an example of how a simple device can bring clarity of understanding about colour and light to students is fantastic as far as I’m concerned. My take away from your video is that simple spectroscopes can be made from anything as long as the tubing or box is light-tight (black) on the inside, the diffraction slit is as thin as possible, and the receiver (web cam) in this case is positioned at an angle to the path of the incoming light. With that information and a little bit of self-experimentation, I’m sure people could actually develop their own colorimeters and so on. I’m seriously considering using this approach to spectroscopy as one part of a STEM lesson set for the junior high school students and seniors also who I teach here in Japan. Thank you for the effort and never mind the naysayers. Good job.

  • @kyuliette04
    @kyuliette04 Před 7 lety +2

    Great help for our lab project! Thank you!

  • @danalaniz7314
    @danalaniz7314 Před 2 lety

    Thank you so much! This is great and helpful video.

  • @JulioMartinez-hy2mu
    @JulioMartinez-hy2mu Před 7 lety +1

    Cool!!! And simple, good job!

  • @vysakhak191
    @vysakhak191 Před rokem

    I'll try making this! thank you!

  • @Carlos-be1db
    @Carlos-be1db Před 6 lety +1

    .... muy buen vídeo, saludos desde México.....

  • @jafinch78
    @jafinch78 Před 4 lety +2

    Cool, I've been wanting to make a Michelson Interferometer or maybe even a simple Dispersive diffraction grating spectrometer system using a hard drive actuator. Probably with just a webcam with the hot lens off for a wider range spectra. Was thinking can be more accurate for scanning.

  • @dumrisupab3453
    @dumrisupab3453 Před 2 lety

    Good project

  • @ALEJANDROMTZMTZ
    @ALEJANDROMTZMTZ Před 3 lety +1

    Great job, does it works for UV?

  • @kingjames-fn8ib
    @kingjames-fn8ib Před 7 lety +5

    what program downloadable for windows 8 that goes with?

  • @astaghfirullahalzimastaghf3648

    Thanks for the video
    I guess i need that red colour splitter
    because i am interested to detect metal
    I heard that near infra red technology is useful to differentiate metal elements

    • @whatelseison8970
      @whatelseison8970 Před 3 lety

      You'll need to remove the IR filter from your camera to analyze that part of the spectrum.

  • @algharibe
    @algharibe Před 3 lety +1

    you must remove the IR filter from the usb webcam to have an entrance for the IR to spectrometre

  • @pikubose7706
    @pikubose7706 Před rokem

    Where you had connected DVD Diffraction grading? Have you connected the mirror? At the edge of the slit? Or you have connected in front of the camera-Lens?

  • @pikubose7706
    @pikubose7706 Před rokem

    How to select wavelength for this caase? for example 400-700nm for analytical analysis of chemical solution or dye /

  • @danielkosciuszko9788
    @danielkosciuszko9788 Před rokem

    this guy is the real deal!

    • @dsfs17987
      @dsfs17987 Před 2 měsíci

      for undergrad this was really low density presentation, where 90% was hand waving

  • @user-pb9bt2cq9p
    @user-pb9bt2cq9p Před 3 měsíci

    Thank you.
    How can I get a program that is used for computer analysis?

  • @user-nm2db9wu2m
    @user-nm2db9wu2m Před 3 lety +2

    PLEASE DOES ANYONE KNOW A PROGRAMM I CAN USE AS A SPECTRAL ANALYZER IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR SO LONG

  • @purplefurture6960
    @purplefurture6960 Před 4 lety

    what is the description of system

  • @AbhishekYadav-ce4fc
    @AbhishekYadav-ce4fc Před 8 měsíci +1

    What software did u use???? Plz tell us

  • @kaustavkapil1407
    @kaustavkapil1407 Před 9 měsíci

    I am willing to make such a instrument too. Can you please tell me what is the software you are using for analysis and how are you feeding the video to the software simultaneously?

  • @sitihajarabdrazak7154
    @sitihajarabdrazak7154 Před 3 lety +7

    may i know the name of the software you use to analyze the spectrum

  • @ali76material
    @ali76material Před 2 lety

    you can connect the camera directly to the website

  • @irenearora8635
    @irenearora8635 Před 11 měsíci

    Hello, I have a question about where I can find that type of webcam?

  • @pikubose7706
    @pikubose7706 Před rokem

    How to get absorbance -wavelength curve for a cuvette

  • @GemPassionpl
    @GemPassionpl Před 3 lety

    what is the program you are using in the movie ?

  • @The-One-and-Only100
    @The-One-and-Only100 Před 4 měsíci

    Any other diy scientific instruments to make in an afternoon

  • @nicoleskinner2430
    @nicoleskinner2430 Před 3 lety

    what software are you using?

  • @atchutarao5961
    @atchutarao5961 Před 6 lety

    can we measure absorbance of solutions
    at uv range ???

  • @adri6596
    @adri6596 Před 3 lety +3

    I would like to build this myself, I have a few questions: does it have to be an empty CD disk? also, why an angle of the camera is important? some videos suggest 30 degrees angle

    • @vnarayan18
      @vnarayan18 Před 3 lety +2

      I ts imoirtant because, at that angle, the light is diffracting into bands of wavelengths and the camera must pick that up

    • @adri6596
      @adri6596 Před 3 lety +1

      @@vnarayan18 thanks

  • @heikostaat
    @heikostaat Před 7 měsíci

    Realy nice, but which programm you use for?
    For me as a German guy, your speach is a littel to fast. I have to watch it more than one times.

  • @shorouqalkhatteb4397
    @shorouqalkhatteb4397 Před 6 lety +1

    you used the webcam as a receiver

  • @suyashkumar6916
    @suyashkumar6916 Před 3 lety

    Cn anyone tell me how cn i add cuvette here to quantify solution concentration

    • @suryanshtagore7180
      @suryanshtagore7180 Před 3 lety

      i completed the build a few day's ago...cuvette sits Wright after the cardboard slit.
      you also need to fix
      the positions of LED, cardboard slit, and Cuvette holder. because slightest difference in placement of those 3 results major difference in readings.
      using transparency sheets is a bad idea too as their refractive Index makes the reading fluctuate. use different coloured LED they come in all Wavelengths including IR.
      Lastly you need to calibrate the system with something like a red/green laser pointer.
      if you want to get scientifically significant data you need to do all above. otherwise is only good for toying.

    • @swasthimaharaj9354
      @swasthimaharaj9354 Před 8 měsíci

      What software did you use?@@suryanshtagore7180

  • @justtim9767
    @justtim9767 Před 2 lety

    VSH ?

  • @MikkoRantalainen
    @MikkoRantalainen Před 2 lety

    You could also just tape a piece of DVD over your laptop camera and create a 45 degree rotated blackbox out of cardboard with a narrow slit.

  • @jamaticon
    @jamaticon Před 6 lety

    Good video, but lighting could have been better.

  • @Carlos-be1db
    @Carlos-be1db Před 6 lety +6

    Hello good afternoon. What is the software you use? Where can I download it?

    • @alanday5255
      @alanday5255 Před 6 lety +2

      It looks like spectralworkbench spectralworkbench.org/capture

    • @alanday5255
      @alanday5255 Před 6 lety

      It looks like spectralworkbench.org/

    • @leptonsoup337
      @leptonsoup337 Před 5 lety

      I´ve been using a program called Thermemino.

    • @omsingharjit
      @omsingharjit Před 3 lety

      It's web based

    • @Scyth3934
      @Scyth3934 Před rokem

      @@omsingharjit and what is it called

  • @marioavila4997
    @marioavila4997 Před 4 lety +1

    Shows video about light
    ***proceeds to have no lighting

  • @whatelseison8970
    @whatelseison8970 Před 3 lety

    You should wash any of the purple dye left on the piece of DVD with a bit of alcohol or acetone.

    • @drdefecation
      @drdefecation Před 3 lety +1

      don't use acetone, it dissolves polycarbonate (CD plastic)

    • @whatelseison8970
      @whatelseison8970 Před 3 lety +1

      @@drdefecation Haha, true enough! I actually found that out. My bad. Incidentally, so do chlorinated solvents, but then it's unlikely that anyone but me would even try that. haha. Run of the mills 62% ethanol hand sanitizer works perfectly ime and that's something folks probably do have.

  • @jayblack8691
    @jayblack8691 Před 3 lety

    Where's the test tube insert. What's the point of this without analyzing chemicals

  • @user-sq5sy7bk5m
    @user-sq5sy7bk5m Před rokem

    Спектроскоп. Не Спектрометр🙃🐛

  • @dustinsmith8341
    @dustinsmith8341 Před 5 lety +3

    Who the hell even has vhs containers anymore?

    • @wernerhiemer406
      @wernerhiemer406 Před 4 lety

      I tryed hard do understand what he said. I barely heard blu-ray container. But only by the explaining of the entrance cutting I knew it is some plastic thingy.

  • @michaelhogan738
    @michaelhogan738 Před 4 lety

    Oh man! Misspelling in the opening screen! "HOW TO BUILD A LOW-COST SPECTOMETER". Way to build credibility!

  • @edinfific2576
    @edinfific2576 Před 4 lety

    Aside from too much camera movement and too much animated acting on the speaker's part, this is a great video. You could have raised the volume of his speech a little bit as well.

  • @pussbeaver1218
    @pussbeaver1218 Před 2 lety

    I use this to burn engine oil from my air plane.. got to make sure that I’m safe or I’ll die.

  • @marsaspen-murray3797
    @marsaspen-murray3797 Před 7 lety

    What's with the f-ing music? Dumb, dumb, dumb. Loud, too.