Objectives
• .To perform dilutions
• To use a spectrophotometer
• To distinguish the wavelength of minimum %T for a solution
• To relate light transmission with the concentration of a solution
• To formulate a way to find the concentration of blue dye in a sports drink
• To identify origins of experimental error.
Curriculum alignments
• NGSS
HS-PS4-4: Evaluate the validity and reliability of claims in published materials of the effects that different frequencies of electromagnetic radiation have when absorbed by matter.
• AP
3.11 Spectroscopy and the Electromagnetic Spectrum