Instrumentation for Molecular Absorption Spectroscopy
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- Have a working understanding of Beer’s Law and know the instrumental deviations to it.
terpconnect.umd.edu/~toh/models/BeersLaw.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O39avevqndU&feature=channel_page
- Be able to explain the three categories of instrumental noise or uncertainties in transmittance measurements. Know typical sources of each.
Figures 14-1 (pp. 368) & 14-6 (pp. 372) from: D.A. Skoog, F.J. Holler, and S.R. Crouch, Principles of Instrumental Analysis, (Thomson, Brooks/Cole, Belmont, CA 2007), 6th ed., Chap. 14, pp. 367-372.
- Be able to explain the differences between H2, D2, W, and Xe arc lamps as well as light emitting diodes (LEDs) as sources for UV-Vis spectroscopy.
http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorescent_lamp
- Understand (and be able to apply the knowledge of) the general types of UV-Vis instrument (single beam, double beam, multi-channel), and the advantages and disadvantages of each.
www2.chemistry.msu.edu/faculty/reusch/VirtTxtJml/Spectrpy/UV-Vis/uvspec.htm#uv1