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Variable Path-Length Cells for Discovery-Based Investigation of the Beer-Lambert Law

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Sarah A. Stewart and André J. Sommer

Molecular Microspectroscopy Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056

J. Chem. Educ., 1999, 76 (3), p 399

DOI: 10.1021/ed076p399

Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999

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History, Education, and Documentation

Abstract

An economical approach to the variation of path length for visible absorption measurements is demonstrated. The method is particularly useful for discovery-based learning of the Beer-Lambert law.

Keywords (Audience):

Second-Year Undergraduate

Keywords (Domain):

Chemical Education Research

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Hands-On Learning / Manipulatives

Keywords (Subject):

Instrumental Methods

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