Homework Help: chemistry

Posted by jaseline on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 11:34am.

We did a LAB where we used a spectrophotometer to measure the absornency of a solution. It was a bluish color, so the question is....

What could be done to modify this experiment if the original solution was colorless? HINT: you can NOT add a coloring agent such as food coloring because then you will be measuring the concentration of the coloring agent , not the colorless solution. Think butterflys and night vision goggles.

i have no idea

thanks.

chemistry - bobpursley, Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 11:36am
Your hint suggests looking at IR and UV absorbtion.
chemistry - jaseline, Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 11:40am
Thanks so much!!

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