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Training offer 2025-2026
Engineering title
Engineer specializing in Agri-food - Biological Engineering
Food analysis and preservation
Optical spectroscopy

Optical spectroscopy

School / Prep
ENSMAC

Internal code

PAB6-SPECT

Description

Objectives

Be able to:

describe the optical spectroscopies used in the food industry,
explain their theoretical and experimental bases,
choose the best spectroscopic analysis method to solve a given problem.

CMLectures12h

Mandatory prerequisites

Notions of atomistics and wave physics.

Syllabus

Industrial context

Principles, technologies and industrial applications of optical spectroscopy: atomic absorption, atomic emission, UV-visible molecular absorption spectroscopy, fluorescence emission spectroscopy, infrared absorption spectroscopy.

Bibliography

Spectroscopy, J. M. HOLLAS, Ed. DUNOD, PARIS (2003)
Analyse chimique, méthodes et techniques instrumentales modernes, F. ROUESSAC and A. ROUESSAC, Ed. MASSON, PARIS (2019)

Initial assessment / Main session - Tests

Type of assessment	Type of test	Duration (in minutes)	Number of tests	Test coefficient	Eliminatory mark in the test	Remarks
Final inspection	Written	60		1		without document calculator authorized (college type)

Second chance / Catch-up session - Tests

Type of assessment	Type of test	Duration (in minutes)	Number of tests	Test coefficient	Eliminatory mark in the test	Remarks
Final test	Written	60		1		without document calculator authorized (college type)