Simeen Sattar

Quinacridone Red and Violet: An Infrared Surprise (Journal Article) - USA :American Chemical Society August 2023 - 3044-3049 P. - American Chemical Society, Volume 100, Issue 8 .

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Abstract

Quinacridone red and violet are visually different colors, an observation confirmed by their visible reflectance spectra and CIE L*a*b* coordinates. However, their IR spectra are extremely similar. Though chemically identical, the two quinacridones are polymorphs. In this experiment, designed for and tested by nonscience majors, the pigments are extracted from oil paints with hexane in a short procedure involving sonification and centrifugation. ATR-FTIR spectra of the recovered brilliantly colored powders reveal the presence of a calcium carbonate filler in one of the two paints. Factoring out the carbonate bands, the spectra are nearly identical. Students must reconcile the evidence of color and the evidence of the spectra.



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Applications of Chemistry
Dyes/Pigments UV−Vis
Spectroscopy IR Spectroscopy

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