Clinical Chemistry Theory

Question 1

What is spectroscopy?

Answer 1

Interaction of light and matter

Question 2

What is colorimetry?

Answer 2

It is a mechanism of measuring concentration if known constitute of a solution in comparison with colors of standard solutions of that constitute.
It’s an investigation of how particular frequencies of EM radiation interact with matter

Question 3

It’s an investigation of how particular frequencies of EM radiation interact with matter is ……………..

Answer 3

Colorimetry

Question 4

Wave length is ……..

Answer 4

The distance between two identical points on the wave cycle

Question 5

The unit of measuring wave length ……..

Answer 5

nm

Lamda

Question 6

What determines the color of light?

Answer 6

Wavelengths

Question 7

What is the range of wavelengths that human eyes can see? What does it called?

Answer 7

380-750 nm

Visible spectrum

Question 8

Light spectrum is divided into……

Answer 8

Ultraviolet region
Visible region
Infrared region

Question 9

What is spectrum?

Answer 9

It is a collection of measurements signals (absorbance) of a compound as a function of EM radiation

Question 10

What is spectral analysis ?( spectroscopy)

Answer 10

The study of how chemical compound interacts with different wavelengths in a given EM radiation

Question 11

UV is divided into 3 regions……

Answer 11

UV A : 400-320 nm
UV B :320-280 nm
UV C : <280

Question 12

True or false

Shorter waves carry more energy

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Energy and frequency are ………… proportional

Answer 13

Directly

Question 14

Frequency and wavelength are ……… proportional

Answer 14

Inversely