Introduction: This investigation used spectroscopy to evaluate light absorption in different solutions. A spectrophotometer was used in the lab to determine these values. A spectrophotometer is an apparatus used to “measure the absorption of radiation in the visible and UV regions of the spectrum and allows precise at a particular wave length” (Jones et al.‚ 2007). The amount of light absorbed by a substance is directly in relation to the concentration of the solute and also the wavelength moving
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New forensic laser technique for hair analysis Using a new laser technique‚ Jim Moran and his colleagues at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory‚ have devised a method of separating out the parts of hair samples that can reveal details about the recent history of the person to whom it belongs. In their paper‚ published in Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry‚ they describe a process they’ve devised whereby hair samples are pulled apart‚ rather than burned as a whole before being measured
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Abstract This report investigates the absorbance of methylene blue and carmine red using a spectrophotometer to determine the absorption spectra of both solutions. The concentration of the unknown solution of methylene blue was found to be 1.07 x 10-5 M by using the molar extinction coefficient‚ with absorption of 0.547. It was also found that the results concluded confirmed beer’s law with an R2 value of 0.9989. Introduction Spectrophotometry is the quantitative measurement of the absorbance
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This lab report will be detailing the steps taken and the results discovered when using spectrophotometry to determine the percentage of copper in a copper-clad penny and the thicknes of the copper layer on the copper-clad penny. After 1982‚ copper coating has been used in the creation of the penny because the cost of pure copper has increase to the point that the amount needed t omake a penny cost far more than the actual value of the penny. This lab allowed us to see just how much copper coating
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Introduction: Experiments 1 and 2 main aims are as follows: • To able to use the Beer-Lambert law to explain the relationship linking concentration and absorbance of the coloured solutions methyl orange and bromophenol blue. • To be able to rightly operate a spectrophotometer to assess the absorbance at various wavelengths • To be able to identify the main component parts of a spectrophotometer • To be able to draw a ‘Standard Curve’ from the data collected
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XRD – X-Ray Diffraction X-ray diffraction (XRD) is a powerful non-destructive technique for characterizing crystalline materials. It provides information on structures‚ phases‚ preferred crystal orientations (texture)‚ and other structural parameters‚ such as average grain size‚ crystallinity‚ strain‚ and crystal defects. X-ray diffraction peaks are produced by constructive interference of a monochromatic beam of X-rays scattered at specific angles from each set of lattice planes in a sample. The
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In the year 1803‚ Thomas Young first introduced the idea of trichromatic color representation. Young proposed that we have three “particles” in the eye that are each sensitive to a specific range of visible light that allows us to see color. Years later‚ Hermann von Helmholtz continued Young’s theory. Helmholtz suggested that the three different “particles” were categorized by their response the different wavelengths of light that hit the retina. Today‚ we know that the “particles” that Young and
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ABSTRACT: Silver nanoparticles are nanoparticles of silver which are in the range of 1 and 100 nm in size. Silver nanoparticles have unique properties which help in molecular diagnostics‚ in therapies‚ as well as in devices that are used in several medical procedures. The major methods used for silver nanoparticle synthesis are the physical and chemical methods. The problem with the chemical and physical methods is that the synthesis is expensive and can also have toxic substances absorbed onto
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3.7 Nuclear Independent Chemical Shift Analysis The Nuclear Independent Chemical Shift is measured as magnetic shielding of a molecule have been calculated at the B3LYP/6-31G theory level. Aromaticities are represented by negative NICS Values and antiaromaticity is represented by positive NICS Values. The large negative NICS Values of the title compound represent stronger aromaticity [29-35].Our present investigation of the density functional calculations of doped fullerene with glycine shows several
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Theo Victor Cavite Chem 28.1 Melanie Bucsit-Carpio September 14‚ 2012 Spectrophotometric Determination of Iron in Aqueous Solutions as a Complex of 1‚10-Phenanthroline Introduction From the previous classical method of concentration determination of an unknown sample‚ this experiment now deals with the instrumental one. Unknown concentrations of iron in solutions were determined by measuring their corresponding absorbances through spectrophotometry. A spectrophotometer measures the amount
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