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Chapter 18. Spectroscopy. Interaction of Light and Matter. Light = photons waves Oscillating electric and magnetic fields Frequency ( n ) - number of full oscillations per second (sec -1 ) or Hertz
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Chapter 18 Spectroscopy
Interaction of Light and Matter • Light = photons waves • Oscillating electric and magnetic fields • Frequency (n) - number of full oscillations per second (sec-1) or Hertz • As light travels thru space – distance from crest to crest is the wavelength l (cm) • The relations between the two is • nl = c
Properties • Speed of light • c = 2.998 x 108 m/sec in vacuum • Light will slow down in other media • vx = c/n • n is the refractive index of the media • Energy of light • E = hn • h is Planck’s constant 6.626 x 10-34 J.sec
Measuring the Interaction • Irradiance, P • The energy per second per unit area of a light beam. • When a sample is in the light beam some energy is absorbed and less energy gets past the sample
Transmittance • The fraction of the of light that gets to the detector. • T = P/Po • Po is the power that would arrive at the detector without a sample in the light path • Percent T (%T) is just T * 100
Absorbance • A = log(Po/P) = - logT • Beer’s Law (Beer Lambert Law) • A = ebC • A is the abosorbance - unitless • b is the path length - usually in cm • C is the concentration - usually in M • e is a measure of the compounds ability to absorb light – depends on chemical structure and will have units that are _______________ ??
Light Source • Can be a simple lamp • Mercury Discharge tube. • Sun
Wavelength Selection • Filter • Prism • Grating The latter two break white light into a spectrum of color. • Laser could serve as both source and wavelength selector.
Detection • Phototube. • Converts light energy into an electric current • Photodiode array • Eye
Method Development • “Colored” compounds can be directly analyzed. • “Colored” complexes can be made. • Many metal analyses can be developed using color forming ligand. Colorimetry. Very mature field with good selectivity and good sensitivity.
Other Types of Spectroscopy • Infrared - Bond vibrations • UV – higher energy than visible • Fluorescence – reemission of a photon at a different wavelength.
Homework • Chapter 18 • 1 ,2, 4, 7, 10 and 16