Daniel C. Harris Quantitative Chemical Analysis Seventh Edition Chapter 18 Fundamentals of Spectrophotometry Copyright © 2007 by W. H. Freeman and Company
Light has: • Intensity • Color (wavelength) • Polarization
• Intensity
Transmittance Absorbance
Transmittance Absorbance Beer’s Law
ε = 313 M-1 cm-1 b = 2 cm T = 3. 16% = 0. 0316 A = -log. T = 1. 50 c = 1. 5/(313 M-1) (2 cm-1) = 0. 0024 M
d. P(x)/dx = -κ P(x) = exp(-κ x)
Beer’s law
Molar extinction Coefficient ~250 L. mol-1 cm-1 Cross section ~10 -18 cm 2
Absorption of a mixture
Isosbestic point
(wavelength) x (frequency) = speed [m/s] λν = c [108 m/s]
436 nm what frequency?
Visible spectrum
Your Eyes See the Color that is NOT Absobed
Hexaquotitanium (III) Solutions Appear Violet Due to Absorption of Yellow and Green Light
Subtraction of Light by Absorption Leads to Color you See
What makes a molecule absorb light?
What makes a molecule absorb light?
What makes a molecule absorb light? Electron motion (fs) resonant frequency ~ 10 -15 s ν ≈ 1015 s-1 ~ 300 nm UV-VIS
What makes a molecule absorb light? Electron motion UV-VIS excites electrons!
E=hν
E=hν
E=hν
E=hν
Electron diffraction pattern from a beryllium atom
What makes a molecule absorb light? Nuclear motion ~ 3000 nm infrared
What makes a molecule absorb light? Nuclear motion ~ 300, 000 nm microwave
What makes a molecule absorb light? Oscillating DIPOLE moment
What makes a molecule absorb light?
What makes a molecule absorb light?
What makes a molecule absorb light? green house gas http: //science. widener. edu/svb/ftir/ir_co 2. html
What makes a molecule absorb light? [cm-1] = 1/λ = ν/c =E/hc
What makes a molecule absorb light? 3200 cm− 1 broad, strong O-H stretch (alcohols) 3000 cm− 1 broad, medium O-H stretch (carboxylic acids) 1200 cm− 1 strong, O-H bending 2800 cm− 1 strong, C-H stretch 1400 cm− 1 variable, C-H bending 1700 cm− 1 strong, C=O stretch 1200 cm− 1 strong, C-O stretch
What makes a molecule absorb light?
What makes a molecule absorb light?
E=hν
E=hν