Spectroscopy Flashcards
A sample in a 1.0-cm cell transmits 80% light at a certain wavelength. If the absorptivity of this substance at this wavelength is 2.0, what is its concentration?
c = 0.050 g/L
absorption FORMULA
A = -log T = log 1/T = log P0/P =abc
Transmittance Formula
T = P0/P
PERCENTAGE TRANSMITTANCE
%T = P0/P x 100
amount of monochromatic radiation absorbed by a sample
Bouguer–Lambert-Beer’s law/
Beer’s Law
study of the interaction of electromagnetic radiation in
all its forms with matter
spectroscopy
Latin “spectron”
ghost/ spirit
σκοπειν
to see
Method involves in the interaction of light
excitation and detection
TRUE OR FALSE
Electromagnetic radiation moves through a medium other than a vacuum with a velocity, v, less than that of the speed of light in a vacuum
TRUE
Change in intensity I of incident light
ABSORPTION
Excitation induces emission of light from the sample
EMISSION
emission from excited electronic singlet states
FLUORESCENCE
emission from excited electronic triplet states
PHOSPHORESCENCE
light scattering involving vibrational transition
RAMAN SCATTERING
Two types of spectrometers
DISPERSIVE
FOURIER TRANSFORM
TRUE OR FALSE
A source of electromagnetic radiation must provide an output that is both intense and stable in the desired region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
TRUE
A source that emits radiation over a wide range of wavelengths,
with a relatively smooth variation in intensity as a function of
wavelength
continuum
emit radiation at a few selected, narrow wavelength ranges
LINE SOURCES
TRUE OR FALSE
The ideal wavelength selector has a high throughput of radiation and a narrow effective bandwidth
TRUE
Why is high throughput desirable?
because more photons pass through the wavelength selector, giving a stronger signal with less background noise
provides a higher resolution, with spectral features separated by more than twice the effective bandwidth being resolved
narrow effective bandwidth
The simplest method for isolating a narrow band of radiation
absorption or inference filter