Research Article

Multivariate Calibration and Model Integrity for Wood Chemistry Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

Table 2

Calibration and predictive results of FT-IR based multivariate models.

AlgorithmChemical componentsWavenumber rangesRaw spectraFirst derivative
RMSEPRPDRMSEPRPD

PLSExtractives1750–1250 cm−173.511.191.1986.660.344.18
Lignin1800–800 cm−187.761.052.3090.060.504.83
Cellulose1500–1000 cm−156.741.381.5385.620.801.72
Hemicellulose1750–800 cm−179.312.251.7392.901.902.04

PCRExtractives1750–1250 cm−157.930.871.6971.040.592.41
Lignin1800–800 cm−173.701.511.6087.360.822.94
Cellulose1500–1000 cm−152.611.591.3248.150.941.34
Hemicellulose1750–800 cm−130.094.140.9452.693.341.16