The following movies are on Google Video. For best viewing, choose "original size" and "smooth video" from the pull-down menu in the lower right corner of the video screen.

Lab Safety Movie

section on how to prepare liquid samples, or thin liquid films - beginning of film
section on how to prepare solid samples as thin solid films - 4 min into the film
how to run a spectrum - 6 min into the film (outdated because the instruments are not our current Nicolets, but the description how FTIR works still is valid)
section on how to prepare KBr pellets - 14 min 15 sec into the film; illustrates the use of a mechanical press and dye sets

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