Raman Spectroscopy for the Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory: Quantification of Ethanol Concentration in Consumer Alcoholic Beverages and Qualitative Identification of Marine Diesels Using a Miniature Raman SpectrometerFootnote

This contribution is part of a special section of Spectroscopy Letters on “Spectroscopy in Undergraduate Education”.

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