AUTOMATION Flashcards
Distance between two successive peaks
Wavelength
Visible spectrum
400-700nm
Ultraviolet
<400 nm
> 700 nm
Infrared region
Used to check wavelength accuracy
Didymium or Holmium oxide Filter
Verify absorbance accuracy
Neutral density filters and dichromate solution
Beer Lambert’s Law
A= abc = 2–log %T
A: molar absorptivity
B:length of light through the solution
C: concentration of absorbing molecules
T:transmittance
One-point calculation or calibration
Beer-Lambert’s Law
Measurement of light transmitted by a solution to determine the concentration
Spectrophotometry
Provide Polychromatic light
Light/Radiant Source
Minimizes unwanted or stray
light; prevents entrance of scattered light
Entrance slit
Isolates specific or individual
wavelength of light
Monochromator
Controls the width of light beam
bandpass
Exit slit
Holds the solution whose
concentration is to be measured
Cuvet
Detects and converts transmitted
light into photoelectric energy
Photodetector
Displays output of the detection system
Meter/Read-out device
Simple type; designed to make one measurement at a time at one specified wavelength
Single beam spectrophotometer
Splits monochromatic light into two components: one beam passes through the sample and the other through a reference solution or blank
Double beam spectrophotometer
2 photodetectors
Double-beam in space
1 photodetector and 1 chopper or rotating sector mirror
Double beam in time
Excitation of electrons from lower to higher energy state
Measures light emitted by single atom burned in flame; measures excited ions (Na+ and K+)
Flame Emission Photometry
Element is not excited but merely dissociated from its chemical bond and placed in an unionized, unexcited ground state
Measures light absorbed by atoms dissociated by heat; measures unexcited trace metals (Ca2+ and Mg2+)
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
Metals measured by AAS
Ca2+ and Mg2+
Ions measured by Flame Emission Photometry
Na+ and K+
Unknown sample is made to react with known solution in the presence of an indicator
Titrimetric (Volumetric)
For chloride
Schales and schales