Intermolecular Forces and Properties
According to the Beer-Lambert law, what factor can be modified to enhance the sensitivity of a measurement?
Increasing the solvent's light-absorbing properties.
Increased dilution of the less with water.
Decreasing the temperature of the solution during measurement.
Passing light at a range from the cuvette's spectral range.
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?
Vary both the concentration and temperature simultaneously to observe changes in absorbance.
Record the emission spectra of the solution at one temperature after excitation at different wavelengths.
Measure absorbance at room temperature for different solutions with varying concentrations.
Measure absorbance at various temperatures using a single wavelength corresponding to the solution's maximum absorption.
The percent transmittance is the percentage of light ____.
not absorbed by the sample
emitted by the sample
reflected by the sample
absorbed by the sample
What is represented by ε in A=εlc where A is absorbance?
Mass efficiency
Equilibrium constant
Electrical field strength
Molar absorptivity
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?
Red
Yellow
Blue-green
Violet
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.
1/M*m
mol/L*cm
mol/L*m
1/M*cm
When comparing spectrophotometric data of two substances using the same wavelength, how could differing refractive indexes of these substances impact the accuracy of the obtained results?
There is no effect on observed absorption values because refractive index doesn't affect the absorption spectra of the chemicals being measured.
Apparent absorption values may be artificially inflated for a substance with a higher refractive index, causing increased scatter in photon paths.
Lower refractive indexes lead to deflated absorption numbers as extra photons escape cell walls before eventual collection by back-end sensors.
Since refractive indexes aren't related to electronic transitions within the analyzed molecules, any differences are canceled out during calibration procedures prior to the actual testing phases.

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Which statement correctly describes how an increase in concentration affects transmittance and absorbance in a sample analyzed using Beer-Lambert law principles?
Both transmittance and absorbance increase as concentration goes up.
Transmittance decreases and absorbance increases as concentration increases.
Transmittance decreases but there's no effect on absorbance.
Both transmittance and absorbance decrease when concentration rises.
Given a reaction that is spontaneous at all temperatures, which of the following must be true about its thermodynamic properties?
Both the change in enthalpy (ΔH) and the change in entropy (ΔS) are positive.
Both the change in enthalpy (ΔH) and the change in entropy (ΔS) are negative.
The change in enthalpy (ΔH) is negative, and the change in entropy (ΔS) is positive.
The change in enthalpy (ΔH) is positive, and the change in entropy (ΔS) is negative.
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?
There would be no change in absorbance.
The absorbance would increase.
The concentration of the solution would decrease.
The absorbance would decrease.