Determining the Concentration of a Solution: Beer’s Law Chemistry 117 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Beer–Lambert_law_in_solution.JPG
Spectophotometry Measures absorbance spectrum of a substance Must first measure the absorbance spectra VS wavelength. Maximum wavelength is used to calibrate and to be able to use beer’s law most effectively http://www.sarracenia.com/astronomy/remotesensing/physics050.html
Absorbance Compounds absorb UV or Visible light 100% transmittance means no light was absorbed 0% transmittance means all light was absorbed Relationship between absorbance and transmittance is beer’s law
A = – Log (T) (Note 0<T<1) Beer-Lambert Law A= ε b C Where A = absorbance, ε = molar extinction coefficient, b = path length (1cm), and C = concentration. A = – Log (T) (Note 0<T<1) T = I1/I0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Beer_lambert.png http://teaching.shu.ac.uk/hwb/chemistry/tutorials/molspec/beers1.htm
Concentration and Transmittance Transmittance is exponentially related to the concentration of the solution We will plot Concentration Vs Absorbance with our spectrometer Remember- Dilution Equation: M1V1 = M2V2