Reflectance Spectroscopy Using Wine Bottle Glass: An Undergraduate Experiment

María Gabriela Lagorio
INQUIMAE and Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina
J. Chem. Educ., 1999, 76 (11), p 1551
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1551
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1999

Abstract

Determination of the number of absorbing chromophores in light-scattering media is illustrated in this experiment. Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy is used to evaluate this quantity, both for a solid and for a suspension. Results are compared with the absorbance spectrum of the chromophore in a transparent nonscattering matrix.

Keywords (Audience):

Upper-Division Undergraduate

Keywords (Domain):

Laboratory Instruction

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Hands-On Learning / Manipulatives

Keywords (Subject):

Instrumental Methods

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