Analytical Techniques and Instrumentation Flashcards
designed to compensate for variations in intensity of the light source by SPLITTING the light beam from the lamp and directing one portion to a reference cuvette and the other to the sample cuvette
Double-Beam Spectrophotometry
beam splitter, 2 photodetectors
a. double-beam-in-space
b. double-beam-in-time
a. double-beam-in-space
chopper, 1 photodetector
a. double-beam-in-space
b. double-beam-in-time
b. double-beam-in-time
- principle: measurement of the amount of light emitted by excited molecules
- 1000x more sensitive than spectrophotometry
fluorometry
fluorometry advantages:
highly sensitive and specific
principle: measurement of light emission caused by a chemical, biochemical or electrochemical reactions and not by photo illumination
Luminometry
emission of light caused by oxidation of organic compounds catalyzed by an enzyme, metal, or hemin
chemiluminescence
involves the use of natural substrates
ex. luciferin (fireflies light)
bioluminescence
emission of light caused by a reaction generated electrochemically on the surface of an electrode
electrochemiluminescence
detection of scintillation (flashes of light) using a PM tube and counting of the electrical impulses
Scintillation counting
Crystal scintillation (gamma counter)
a. I-125, I-131
b. H-3, C-14
a. I-125, I-131
Liquid scintillation (beta counter)
a. I-125, I-131
b. H-3, C-14
b. H-3, C-14
measurement of the amount of light blocked
a. turbidimetry
b. nephelometry
a. turbidimetry
amount of light scattered by a suspension of particles (Ag-Ab complexes)
a. turbidimetry
b. nephelometry
b. nephelometry
fragmentation and ionization of molecules
applications: MALDI TOF MS, GCMS or HPLC-MS, Tandem MS, IDMS
Mass Spectrophotometry