Intermolecular Forces and Properties
According to the Beer-Lambert law, what factor can be modified to enhance the sensitivity of a measurement?
If a scientist hypothesizes that the molar absorptivity of a colored solution changes with temperature, what experimental setup would best test this hypothesis while adhering to the Beer-Lambert Law?
The percent transmittance is the percentage of light ____.
Derive the units of the molar absorption coefficient in the Beer-Lambert law given that the units of concentration are M and the units for the path length are cm.
What change should you expect in an experiment's results if there are impurities present that also absorb light at the wavelength used for analysis?
How will leaving fingerprints on the cuvette affect the measured concentration of an unknown substance?
What is represented by ε in A=εlc where A is absorbance?
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If a scientist wants to determine the concentration of copper(II) sulfate in a solution by measuring its absorbance, which color of light would be most appropriate for this measurement?
How would increasing the path length of a cuvette impact the absorbance measured for a solution with a fixed concentration according to the Beer-Lambert Law?
Beer-Lambert law is not applicable if _____.