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Why do you zero the spectrophotometer on 0 and 100 transmittance and not absorbancy?
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∙ 16y ago
None of the physical materials in the world are perfectly transparent. Even when light passes through air, some part of it gets scattered due to dust particles on its way. however, when one is interested in knowing the transparency of a material ( solid/liquid), such losses can be held constant and the photometer can be calibrated to estimate the trasmittance(transparency) by selecting the endpoints. for example, if a piece of thick black India rubber is held between a source of light and the detector, one can set the output to read zero transmittance and after removing it to 100 % transmittance. If any material is now held between the two, the output will show a change in transmittance that truly responds to only the sample and no other interfering inputs. With absorbance, this may not be true since in certain cases, the loss attributed to absorbance might in fact be due to other mechanisms such as scaterring or (regular)reflection.
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∙ 6y agoZeroing spectrophotometer is made with a blank sample.
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Light transmittance can be more then 100 percent?
logically no because if it is a yes, then the light reaching the detector is greater than the light which was produced by the machine in the first place. But you may get transmittance greater than 100 because some parameters of your experiment may not be right.
What is the difference between colorimeter and spectrophotometer?
In nontechnical and simple terms, in colorimeter particular band is selected and not the particular single wavelength. instead in spectrophotometer single wavelength is selected. also in colorimeter the filter is used whereas in spectrophotometer monochromator or prism is used.
How do you measurement calcium and phosphate using a spectrophotometer?
The appearance of kits for the determination of micro amounts of calcium stimulated our interest in the use of Eriochrome Blue SE for this analysis. A study of spectrophotometric curves indicates that, at pH values above 13.7, calcium will complex and cause a change of dye absorbance while magnesium does not complex with the dye. A differential spectrophotometric technic is described in this paper in which the spectrophotometer is set at zero absorbance with a dye-calcium standard solution or a dye-calcium sample solution as reference and the absorbance of the dye solution then measured. For a set of standards the absorbance-calcium relationship is linear. With the Beckman spectrophotometer, Model Dli, it has been found that 1 part of serum to 100 parts of alkaline dye solution (100 A of serum to 10 ml. alkaline dye solution) can be used. The technic shows greater sensitivity and accuracy than do previous methods using Eriochrome Blue SE.
How do you calculate percentage of hemolysis?
If you are using a spectrophotometer to read the samples then you take the tube with the greatest amount of haemolysis as the 100% tube. Then you place the absorbance readings of the other tubes over the absorbance reading in the 100% tube and multiply by 100. E.g 100% = Abs of 1.302 Unknown = Abs of 0.620 0.620/1.302 x 100 = % Haemolysis in that tube. Hope that helps :P
Waveform is converted to 180 phase in inverting Amplifier?
An inverter, or inverting amplifier inverts the signal (hence the name). So if you have a sine wave in (start at zero, increase to 100%, then drop back down to zero...), you will get a negative sine wave out (start at zero, decrease to -100%, then increase back to zero...). This is equivalent to saying the input is phase shifted 180 degrees.
What is the relationship between absorbance and transmittance?
Absorbance = -log (percent transmittance/100)
Light transmittance can be more then 100 percent?
logically no because if it is a yes, then the light reaching the detector is greater than the light which was produced by the machine in the first place. But you may get transmittance greater than 100 because some parameters of your experiment may not be right.
What is the difference between colorimeter and spectrophotometer?
In nontechnical and simple terms, in colorimeter particular band is selected and not the particular single wavelength. instead in spectrophotometer single wavelength is selected. also in colorimeter the filter is used whereas in spectrophotometer monochromator or prism is used.
What is 12 rounded to the nearest hundred?
0
How many digit has 100?
100 is a 3 digit number.
What is 42 to the nearest 100 and why?
Zero because 42 is closer to zero than it is to 100.
Is there a 9 in 100?
yes there is a nine in 100 if youcount from zero to 100.
What is zero point zero zero one as percentage is?
To convert a decimal to a percentage, multiply it by 100.
How many zero's are in a Google?
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
What is 0.46 rounded to the nearest hundred?
0
What is 125 rounded to the nearest hundred?
100
What is 0.9527 to the nearest 100?
Zero is.
