Analysis of infrared specular reflection spectroscopy for rare gas matrices

The complex refractive indexes for Ar, Kr, and Xe matrices containing CO, CO2, and a mixture of CO + CO2, respectively, were determined as a function of wavenumber. These, along with Maxwell's equations, were used to calculate infrared specular reflectance spectra and to investigate their utility for infrared spectroscopy of matrix isolated systems. © 1986 American Chemical Society.