After completing this activity, students will be able to:
- Describe the relationship between absorbance and transmittance.
- Develop a proportional relationship between absorbance and concentration.
- Account for the role of sample pathlength in absorbance measurements.
- Determine the molar absorptivity of a compound based on its absorbance behavior according to Beer’s Law.
- Construct a spectrum from absorbance measurements at various concentrations.
Kate Mullaugh, College of Charleston (mullaughkm@cofc.edu)
