Raman Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis CHEMICAL ANALYSIS A SERIES OF MONOGRAPHS OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY AND ITS APPLICATIONS Editor J. D. WINEFORDNER VOLUME 157 A JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC., PUBLICATION New York I Chichester I Weinheim I Brisbane I Singapore I Toronto Raman Spectroscopy for Chemica1 Analysis RICHARD L. McCREERY The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio A JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC., PUBLICATION New York I Chichester i Weinheim I Brisbane I Singapore I Toronto This book is printed on acid-free paper. @ Copyright 0 2000 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Published simultaneously in Canada. N o part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise. except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers. MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 750-4744. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 605 Third Avenue, New York, N Y 10158-0012, (212) 850.601 I , fax (212) 850-6008, E-mail: