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1
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measurement of light transmitted by a solution

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SPECTROPHOTOMETER

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2
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Light or Radianr Source of Spectrophotometer

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POLYCHROMATIC LIGHT

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3
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most commonly used light source

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TUNGSTEN IODIDE LAMP

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4
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As the lamp envelope darkens with age, the instrument readout will not rise above the 90% T, instead 100% T. What should the MTOD do?

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Replace the Sourcr Lamp

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5
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Light Source used in AAS

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Hollow Cathode Lamp

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6
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TRUE or FALSE

The transmittance should be 100% at all times

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TRUE

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7
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What are the components of a spectrophotometer?

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Light Source
Entrance Slit
Monochromator
Exit Slit
Sample Cuvette
Photodetector
Readout Device

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8
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What is the most common cause of Loss of Linearity?

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STRAY LIGHT

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9
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Most commin cause of stray light?

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Second Order Spectra:

  1. Deteriorated Optics
  2. Light Dispersed by Darkened Envelope
  3. Extraneous Room Light
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10
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What are the type of filter is best in measuring stray light?

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Sharp Cut Off Filters

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11
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What is used in verifying absorbance accuracy and linearity?

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Neutral Density Filters and Dichromate Solution

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12
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Isolates specific wavelength of light.

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Monochromator

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13
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Most commonly used monochromator

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Diffraction Gratings

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14
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Short wavelengths are refracted more than long wavelengths, composed of sodium chloride, and considered to produce the purest light

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Prism

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15
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Half band width of a monochromator is defined by the range of wavelength passed at ______ maximum transmittance.

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50%

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16
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This is used to check the wavelength accuracy

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Didymium Holmium Oxide Filter

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17
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It controls the bandpass or bandwidth, control the light reaching the sample cuvette

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Exit Slit

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18
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If the wavelength is 540 nm and the bandpass allows 10 nm, what is the wavelength range?

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535 nm to 545 nm

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19
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It is also called absorption cell, analyticsl cell or sample cell which holds the sample/solution.

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Cuvette

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20
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Most commonly used type of cuvette

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Alumina Silica

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21
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Unknown substances is DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL to the absorbed light, and INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL to the TRANSMITTED LIGHT

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Beer’s Law

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22
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Beer’s Law Absorbance Formula

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2 - log % T

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23
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Most common type of photomultiplier and the most sensitive one

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Photomultiplier Tube

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24
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simplest detector and do not require external voltage source

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Barrier Layer Cell
Photocell
Photovoltaic Cell

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25
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simplest type of spectrophotometer and it measures one at a time

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Single Beam Spectrophotometer

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26
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permit automatic correction of sample and uses two photodetectors

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Double Beam Spectrophotometer

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27
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Double Beam Spectrophotometer that uses two photodetectors

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In Space

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28
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A solution consisting of all the components of a reacting EXCEPT THE ANALYTE.

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Blank

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29
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A blank contains seruk but without reagent to complete the assay

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Blanking Technique

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30
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Contains the same reagent for the assay and corrects for absorbance caused by the color of the reagents.

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Reagent Blank

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31
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Sample blank is used to subtract the intrinsic absorbance of the sample usually caused by hemolysis, icterus, turbidity, or drug interference, it is performed by substituting the ______ for reagent.

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SALINE

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32
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In reflectance photometry, 100% reflectance is set with an ________ film called the white reference.

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OPAQUE

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33
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In Automated Reagent Strip Reader, concentration of analyte/sample is ____________ to reflectance (light reflected).

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INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL

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34
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Minimizes error caused by source lamp

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Fluctuations

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35
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What principle is used in Bilirubinometer and Automated Reagent Strip Reader?

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Reflectometry or Reflectance Photometry

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36
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What is the hottest flame color?

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BLUE

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37
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Measures the light emitted by a single aton burned in a flame.

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Flame Emission Photometry

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38
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In FES, Sodium emits ____color.

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Yellow

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39
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In FES, Potassium emits ____color.

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Violet/Purple

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40
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In FES, Lithium/Rubidium emits ____color.

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Red

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41
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In FES, Magnesium/Copper emits ____color.

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Blue

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42
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Type of spectrophotometer that uses an atomizer

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Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

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43
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Element is not excited, but merely dissociated from its chemical bond and place un an ionized, unexcited, ground state

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AAS

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44
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AAS Light Source

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Hollow Cathode Lamp

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45
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Used by AAS to convert ions to atoms,

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Atomizer/Graphite Furnace

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46
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Most common burner used in AAS

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Premix Long Path Burner

47
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Disadvantages of AAS

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Flame Inefficiency and Matrix Interference

48
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Used by AAS to increase sensitivity for atomic emission

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Inductively Coupled Plasma

49
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Uses two monochromators

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Fluorometry

50
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In Fluorometry, this controls the light intensity.

A

Attenuator

51
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In Fluorometry, what is the purpose of primary monochromator?

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isolates the wavelength for excitation

52
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In Fluorometry, what is the purpose of secondary monochromator?

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isolates the wavelength emitted by the fluorochrome

53
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Light source used in fluorometry

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Mercury Arc Lamp

54
Q

1000x more sensitive than spectrophotometer

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Fluorometry

55
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Most common problem encountered in Fluorometry?

A

QUENCHING (Diminishing Light)

56
Q

Presence of Anti HLA B21

A

Ankylosing Spondylitis

57
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Emission of light is created from a chemical or electrochemical reaction. DOES NOT require excitation and monochromator.

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Chemiluminescence

58
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Photodetector used by Chemiluminescence:

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Photomultiplier Tube (Luminometer)

59
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Measures light blocked (reduction of light) by a particle and is dependent on CONCENTRATION and PARTICLE SIZE

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TURBIDIMETRY

60
Q

More sensitive than turbidimetry and determines the SCATTERED LIGHT.

A

Nephelometry

61
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Dependent on WAVELENGTH and PARTICLE SIZE

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Nephelometry

62
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meaning of L.A.S.E.R.

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Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

63
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low divergence

A

LASER

64
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Separation of soluble components in a solution by specific differences

A

CHROMATOGRAPHY

65
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Screening Test for Drugs of Abuse

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Thin Layer Chromatography

66
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Chromatography used for sugars and amino acids

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Paper Chromatography

67
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Gold Standard for Drug Test (Drugs of Abuse)

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GCMS

68
Q

According to Dangerous Drugs Board, the test shall be challenged within _____ days AFTER receipt of the result through GCMS

A

15 DAYS

69
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If the sample for Drugs of Abuse is not challenged within 15 days, then it shall be _____.

A

DISCARDED

70
Q

In Chromatography, a noisy baseline indicates that the carrier gas is ______.

A

CONTAMINATED.

71
Q

Method that detects 20 inborn errors if metabolism

A

MS/MS

72
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In MS/MS, what is the purpose of VACUUM?

A

It is needed to PREVENT COLLISION between fragments.

73
Q

Mobile phase used in Gas Chromatography.

A

Helium

74
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Most widely used chromatography

A

HPLC

75
Q

the primary means of solutes separation in HPLC using a C18 column

A

PARTITIONING

76
Q

What is the component used in GC-MS, but is not used in LC-MS?

A

ELECTRON SOURCE

77
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Detector used in HPLC

A

Glassy Carbon Electrode

78
Q

Unknown Sample + Known Sample with indicator

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Volumetric (Titrimetric)

79
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Principle of Schales and Schales (Titration of Chloride)

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Volumetric/Titrimetric

80
Q

What are the osmotic particles?

A

Sodium, Glucose, and BUN

81
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Osmolality formula

A

2 (Na) + Glucose/20 + BUN/3

82
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What are the colligative properties?

A

Boiling Point
Osmotic Pressure
Freezing Point
Vapor Pressure

83
Q

Osmometer Reference Solution

A

Sodium Chloride

84
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What colligative property is commonly measured/used method?

A

Freezing Point

85
Q

Colligative properties that has INVERSE relationship with osmolality.

A

FaVor

Freezing Point
Vapor Pressure

86
Q

Component of freezing point osmometer that measures the sample temperature

A

THERMISTOR

87
Q

Principle employed in a vapor pressure osmometer

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Seebeck Effect

88
Q

Each osmole, freezing point is lowered by _______.

A

-1.86%

89
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Formula for Osmolal Gap

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Measured Osmolality - Calculated Osmolality

90
Q

Freezing Point Osmometer is sensitive to _______ while vapor pressure osmometer is not.

A

ETHANOL

91
Q

What test is needed to support Na, Glucosec and BUN patient testing, without the need to recollect?

A

OSMOLAL GAP

92
Q

Ideal for separation of Tricyclic Antidepressants and their metabolites

A

HPLC

93
Q

potential difference between an indicator electrode and a reference electrode is measured and FOLLOWS NERNST EQUATION

A

POTENTIOMETRY

94
Q

The reference potential of Silver-Silver Chloride electrode in Potentiometry is determined by the concentration if the __________ filling solution.

A

POTASSIUM

95
Q

Principle of Severinghaus Electrode

A

Potentiometry

96
Q

What is the principle of ISE?

A

Potentiometry

97
Q

In ISE, the membrane composition used to detect potassium is _____.

A

ANTIBIOTIC VALINOMYCIN GEL

98
Q

Persistent noise in ISE

A

BLOCKED JUNCTION AT SALT BRIDGES

99
Q

It follows Faraday’s Law and is the measurement of the amount of electricity (in coulombs) at a fixed potential

The number of equivalent weights of a reactant oxidized or reduced is DP to the quantity of electricity.

A

COULOMETRY

100
Q

Coulometry interfence

A

Bromide

101
Q

Electrochemistry technique where the end point is measured by Amperometry

A

Coulometry

102
Q

Principle of Chloride Coulometer

A

Coulometry

103
Q

measures the amount of current produced through the oxidation or reduction if the substance to be measured at an electrode

A

Amperometry

104
Q

It follows the Ilkovic Equation

A

Polarography

105
Q

Principle of Clark Electrode for pO2

A

Amperometry

106
Q

Anodic Stripping Voltammetry is used in what analysis?

A

LEAD ANALYSIS

107
Q

It is also known as the decentralized test, bedside test, and near-patient testing

A

POCT

108
Q

In types of ISE, which is NOT AFFECTED by Hypernatremia and Hyperlipidemia?

A

DIRECT ISE

109
Q

determines concentrations of metabolites with very small sizes

A

METABOLOMICS

110
Q

An immunosuppresant drug that has high clinical value used in PAPER SPRAY IONIZATION

A

TACROLIMUS

111
Q

Number of vibrations of wave motion per second

A

FREQUENCY

112
Q

Distance between two successive peaks and is expressed in nanometer (nm)

A

WAVELENGTH

113
Q
  1. Measurement of light intensity using specific wavelength
  2. Measurement of light intensity in a narrower wavelength
A
  1. PHOTOMETRIC MEASUREMENT
  2. SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC MEASUREMENT
114
Q

TRUE or FALSE

the narrower the bandpass, the greater the resolution

A

TRUE

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