NIR spectroscopy in personal care industry: The ideal tool for QC and product screening

33 min

// Personal care & cosmetics

Maria Cartes and Andreas Agerer from the Competence Center Spectroscopy at Metrohm International Headquarters explain the principles of near-infrared spectroscopy and present several application examples from the personal care and cosmetics industry.

NIR spectroscopy and QC: fast, easy, and cost-efficient

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NIR spectroscopy offers many advantages for quality control compared to wet chemical methods. For instance, NIR spectroscopy:

can analyze multiple parameters at the same time
delivers results in less than one minute
is an easy technique and only minimal training is required for routine operators

Learn more about this technology in our four-part blog series:

What is NIR spectroscopy?

Learn more about NIRS in the personal care industry

Blog articles

Our experts like to share their knowledge and regularly compile blog articles on NIRS and quality control, for instance, of detergents, hand sanitizers, skin products, and more.

Application notes

Learn more about quality control of personal care products with NIRS in our application notes.

Brochure

Download this brochure to learn more about spectroscopy solutions for the personal care industry.