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Beers Law for a Single Component Sample. b. I 0. I. A = Absorbance = - log 10. I / I 0. I 0 = Incident beam intensity I = Transmitted beam intensity. b = Optical path length c = Solution Concentration (M/L) ε = Molar Absorptivity (L/M cm). Atomic Absorption Spectrometry.
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Beers Law for a Single Component Sample b I0 I A = Absorbance = - log10 I / I0 I0 = Incident beam intensity I = Transmitted beam intensity b = Optical path length c = Solution Concentration (M/L) ε = Molar Absorptivity (L/M cm)
Atomic Absorption Spectrometry • Advantages over solution U.V./Vis spectrometry • More selective – narrow atomic lines, compared with broad molecular bands Only 5 spectral overlaps known • Lock-and-key match with HCL source and atoms in flame cell • Working ranges from 0.1 – 1,000 ppm
Molecular band absorption Continuum source Typical Molecular absorption band Molecular band overlap area 250 400 200 350 300 Wavelength (nm)
Atomic line absorption Hg 253.7 nm (HCL source) Hg 253.7 nm (atoms in flame) 250 400 200 350 300
Atomic line absorption Atomic line absorption
Helium Arc Lamp spectrum Mercury Arc Lamp spectrum
Electrothermal Vaporization AAS Electrothermal Vaporizer (ETV) Graphite Tube Electrode Terminals
Processes that occur in flames atomize ionize