Instrumentation Flashcards
Majority of techniques → 4 basic discipline (within field of analytical chemistry)
Photometry, Luminescence, ElectroAnalytic Method, and Chromatography
- study of phenomenon of light absorption by molecules in solution
- absorb light at a particular wavelength
- follows beer lambert’s law
Photometry
transmitted light decreases ex ponentially with increase in concentration of absorbing medium
Beers Law
Other Principle of Beer’s Law
Amount of Absorbance is directly proportional to the Concentration and inversely proportional to the transmitted light
These instruments measures electromagnetic radiation
Spectrophotometry, Atomic Absorbance Spectrometry, Flame Emission Photometry, Mass Spectrometry
Photons of energy traveling in waves
Electromagnetic radiation
involves in electromagnetic radiation, Beer’s law, standard curve, and interaction with lights
Photometry
Very short wavelength
UV
Very long Wavelength
Infrared
Wavelength of Visible Spectrum
400-700 nm
distance traveled by one complete wave cycle (nm)
Wavelength
If shorter the wavelength
The greater energy and light and number of photons
particles of light
Photons
Relationship between wavelength and energy
Planck’s formula = E = hv
-220-380
-Deutrium Lamp
-Quartz
UV
-380-750
-Tungsten
-Borosilicate
Visible Incandescent
-750-200
-Tungsten
-Quartz
Infrared
amount of light absorbed; proportional to the inverse log of transmittance
Absorbance (Optical Density)
Blanking Techniques
Reagent and Sample Blanking
correct absorbance caused by the color of reagents
Reagent Blank
correct absorbance caused by samples
Sample Blank
Not effective blanking process may be due to
Turbidity
Components of Spectrophotometer
Light Source - Monochromator - Cuvette - Photodetector - Reading Device
-provides polychromatic light and must generate sufficient radiant energy or power to measure the analyte of interest.
Light Source
Types of light source
Line and Continuum
emits radiation that changes in intensity; widely used in the laboratory, Examples: TUNGSTEN (VS, IR), deuterium (UV), and xenon lamps.
Continuum
emits limited radiation and wavelength. Examples: Mercury and sodium vapor lamps in spectrophotometers (UV and visible regions), and the hollow cathode lamp (AAS)
Line Source
minimizes unwanted or stray light
Entrance slit
refers to any wavelengths outside the band transmitted by the monochromator
Stray Light
most common cause of loss of linearity at high-analyte concentration.
Stray light
refers to the range of wavelengths passing through the sample. The narrower the bandpass, the greater the photometric resolution.
Bandpass
isolates specific or individual wavelength of light
Monochromator
mast commonly used monochromator; better resolution than prism.
Diffraction Gratings
allows only a narrow fraction of the spectrum to reach the sample cuvette.
Exit slit
It holds the solution whose concentration is to be measured.
Cuvette
most commonly used cuvette (available in 350 mm to 2000 nm)
Alumina-silica
used for measurement of solution requiring visible and ultraviolet spectra
Quartz
It detects and converts transmitted light into photoelectric energy
Photodetector
not as sensitive as PMT but with excellent linearity
Photodiode
simplest type of an absorption spectrophotometer
Single Beam Spectrophotometer
ore beam passes through the sample, and the other through a reference solution or blank
Double Beam Spectrophotometer