BUCHI NIRFlex N-500 - Manual (Page 36)

4 Description of function
36 NIRFlex N-500 Operation Manual, Version F
Transmission measurements offer the advantage of collecting the information from the entire cross
section of the samples. This is ideal, especially for coated or multilayer tablets. NIRFlex N-500 is opti-
mized for transmission measurements of solid dosage forms, like tablets or capsules.
a
b
a Detector b Sample position
Sensor position and beam path
4 .6 .13 Sample plates for the NIRFlex Solids Transmittance
The autosampler accepts up to thirty samples with a diameter
of 4 to 12 mm maximum.
The picture shows an example of a 30-place sample plate.
For samples larger than 12 mm up to 30 mm, 10-place sample
plates are available.
The picture shows an example of a 10-place sample plate.
The picture shows the 10-place sample plate with iris aperture
for method development.