Instrumental Analysis Flashcards
any procedure that uses the interaction of EMR w/ matter to identify and/or to estimate an analyte
SPECTROSCOPY
molecules, ions, atoms, mixtures, solid, liquid, gas, solutions
MATTER
qualitative analysis
IDENTIFY
quantitative analysis
ESTIMATE
dual nature of light (both particles and waves)
EMR (Electromagnetic Radiation)
consists of perpendicular and oscillating electric and magnetic fields
LIGHT WAVES
distance from one wave peak to the next
WAVELENGTH
number of peaks that pass a given point per second
FREQUENCY
number of waves per cm
WAVENUMBER
what can the nature of light explain
REFLECTION, REFRACTION, AND DIFFRACTION
discrete packets of energy and particles of light or quanta of light
PHOTONS
E= hv
ENERGY
h
6.626 x 10^-34 J.s
The [ ] the energy, the [ ] the frequency and the wavenumber and the [ ] the wavelength
GREATER, HIGHER, SHORTER
what can the particle nature explain
ABSORPTION AND EMISSION OF LIGHT
a molecule that absorbs light photons will end up with?
INCREASED ENERGY
increased energy
MOLECULE IN EXCITED STATE
excited to ground state emitting the excess energy
FORM OF HEAT
rotation of compounds
MICROWAVE ENERGY
promote bond stretching
IR ENERGY
promotes electrons into higher orbitals
UV/Vis
ionizes molecules or even break bonds
SHORT-WAVELENGTH UV AND X-RAYS
what happens when a molecule absorbs UV-Vis radiations?
ELECTRONINC TRANSITIONS, ADDITIONAL VIBRATION AND ROTATION TRANSITIONS ALSO OCCUR
total energy absorbed
Eelec + Evib + Erot
a graph that shows how absorbance varies with wavelength
SPECTRUM
fraction of light that reaches a detector after passing through a sample
TRANSMITTANCE
formula of transmittance
T = I/Io
formula of absorbance
A= -log T
directly proportional to conc and path length of light
ABSORBANCE
heart of spectrophotometry; relation between absorbance and conc
BEER’S LAW / BEER-LAMBERT LAW
formula of Beer’s law
A= abc
unit for molar absorptivity
M^-1 cm^-1
characteristic for each substance at a particular wavelength
MOLAR ABSORPTIVITY
Transmittance decreases as conc increases
If all the light passes through a solution without any absorption, then absorbance is zero, and percent transmittance is 100%.
due to the limitations of beer’s law itself; when conc of analyte is high, analyte begins to behave differently due to interactions (h-bonding); creates a screen thereby shadowing them from the incident light
REAL DEVIATIONS