Generating and interpreting UV-visible spectra.

As mentioned earlier, not only can uv-visible spectroscopy be used to identify a compound but also to find the concentration of a known compound.

As depicted in the animation on the right, the absorbance of standard solutions are measured and a calibration curve plotted.

Next, the absorbance of the sample is measured and the concentration of the compound found directly from the graph.

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