A device which enables visual observation and evaluation of optical spectra (usually
confined to the
visible spectral region).
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1725
(Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis-IX. Instrumentation
for the spectral dispersion and isolation of optical radiation (IUPAC Recommendations
1995))
on page 1729
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
