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Worksheet 3: Beer’s Law 1. Using the plot above, which wavelength would you use to collect the absorbance of ca eine? Concentration (M 10 5) Absorbance 2.000 0.2286 4.000 0.4572 6.000 0.6858 8.000 0.9144 2. Use a program like Excel to plot the values in the table above to determine the molar extinction coe cient for ca eine. 3.
Practice Questions. [1] The absorbance is a dimensionless quantity, that is, a quantity without units. What will be the units of ∈, the specific absorptivity? Remember that 1 mL = 1 cm3. From Beer-Lambert law: = ∈lC. is the absorbance. ∈ is the extinction coefficient l is the cell path length.
Check your understanding of spectrophotometry and the Beer–Lambert law in this set of free practice questions designed for AP Chemistry students.
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Explore Beer's Law by creating colorful solutions and measuring light absorption and transmission with a virtual spectrophotometer.
Beer’s Law describes the linear relationship between the absorbance of electromagnetic radiation (i.e., light) and concentration. This relationship is used extensively in a variety of chemical analyses, from simple test kits that produce a color in the presence of certain analytes to high-end liquid chromatography instrumentation.
Explore how concentration and thickness affect light absorption and transmission in solutions using a virtual spectrophotometer.
