Analytic Techniques and Instrumentation Flashcards

1
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Energy that eventually makes its way to the outer region of the sun and is emitted away in the form of energy

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Electromagnetic Radiation

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2
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A particle of electromagnetic radiation is known as

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Photon

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3
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Electromagnetic Radiation is spread in the form of

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Electromagnetic waves

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4
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Speed of electromagnetic waves

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300,000 km/h

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5
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Electromagnetic waves are characterized by

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Wavelength and Frequency

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6
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Distance between 2 identical points on consecutive waves

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Wavelength

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7
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Distance between origin and crest

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Amplitude

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8
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number of waves that pass a point per unit of time

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Frequency

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9
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Wavelength x Frequency =

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Speed

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10
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Wavelength is ______ proportional to Frequency

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Inversely

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11
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Energy is ______ proportional to wavelength

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Inversely

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12
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A wave of alternating electric and magnetic fields

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Light

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13
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2 categories of Light

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Invisible & Visible

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14
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Invisible Light examples

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Infrared
Microwaves
Radio waves
X-ray
Gamma radiation
Ultraviloet

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15
Q

Wavelength of X-ray and Gamma Radiations

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Shorter than 190nm

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16
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wavelength of Ultraviolet

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190nm - 340nm

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17
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Wavelength of visible light

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340nm - 700nm

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18
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Reflected light is aka

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Transmitted light

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19
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White light is aka

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Polychromatic light

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20
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The type of light that our eyes see

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Reflected light

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21
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Type of light that is composed of all the visible colors

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White light

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22
Q

Visible light that Produces only one color

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Monochromatic

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23
Q

Color transmitted when Violet is absorbed

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Yellow

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24
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Color transmitted when Indigo is absorbed

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Yellow

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25
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Color transmitted when Blue is absorbed

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Orange

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26
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Color transmitted when Green is absorbed

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Red

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27
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States that the concentration of a substance is directly proportional to the amount of light absorbed and inversely proportional to the logarithm of the light transmitted

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Beer-Lamberts Law

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28
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The relative amount of light passing through the sample is known as

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Transmittance

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29
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Transmittance formula

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T = transmitted light / incident light

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30
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Difference in amount of light transmitted by the blank and the sample

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Presence of compound

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31
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is the relative amount of light absorbed by the samples and is related to transmittance

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Absorbance

32
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Absorbance is aka

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Optical Density

33
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Absorbance formula

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A = ebc

34
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e in absorbance formula is

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Molar absorptivity

35
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b in absorbance formula is

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length of light path/optical path

36
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c in absorbance formula is

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concentration of analyte

37
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is the measurement of the light transmitted by a solution to determine the concentration of the light-absorbing substance in the solution

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Spectrophotometry

38
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Internal component of spectrophotometry that provides the electromagnetic radiation as visible infrared or ultraviolet light

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Light Source

39
Q

Most common light source in spectrophotometry

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Incandescent Tungsten

40
Q

3 types of monochromator

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Prism
Diffraction Gratings
Interference Filters

41
Q

Wedge shaped piece of glass, quartz, or sodium chloride that allows transmission of light

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Prism

42
Q

Changes in direction of waves that occurs when waves travels to one medium to another

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Refraction

43
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Aluminized surfaces that has been cut into tiny grooves that can act as a prism and a slit

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Diffraction Grating

44
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the bending of waves around obstacles and openings

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Diffraction

45
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Constructed by using two parallel glass plates, which are silvered internally and separated by thin film of dielectric material of different refractive index

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Interference Filter

46
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Types of Interference

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Constructive and Destructive

47
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Interference where crest line up together like a perfect fit puzzle resulting to higher amplitude

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Constructive Interference

48
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Interference where crest and trough meet, resulting in low amplitude

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Destructive Interference

49
Q

Exclusion of unwatned light from entering the monochromator

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Entrance slit

50
Q

Allows only a narrow beam of the spectrum to pass through the cuvette

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Exit slit

51
Q

Used to hold the solution in the instrument whose concentration is to be measured

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Cuvette

52
Q

Cuvette for alkaline solutions

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Borosilicate glass

53
Q

Cuvette for wavelength below 320nm

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Quartz or Plastic

54
Q

Cuvette good at visible regions

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Alumino silica glass

55
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Cuvette preferable for acidic solutions

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Soft glass

56
Q

Converts transmitted light energy into an equivalent amount of electrical energy

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Photodetectors

57
Q

Types of photodetectors

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Barrier-Layer cell
Photoemissive
Photomultiplier

58
Q

Least expensive photodetector

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Barrier-Layer cell

59
Q

An instrument that provides information about intensity of radiation as a function of wavelength or frequency

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Spectrometer

60
Q

Simplest type of absorption spectrometer which is designed to make one measurement at a time at one specified wavelength

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Single Beam Spectrophotometry

61
Q

Is a rotating sector of mirror that breaks up or rotates radiation beams

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Chopper

62
Q

Measures group 1 metals that contains +1 in charge

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Flame Emission Spectrophotometry

63
Q

Specific regions that electrons occupy

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Energy shells

64
Q

Cloud-like regions in the energy shells where electrons is found

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Orbitals

65
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Electrons found at the outermost occupied orbitals of an atom

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Valence Electrons

66
Q

The state that valence electrons enter when it absorbs energy

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Excited state

67
Q

FE Spectro

Breaks up the solution into finer droplets

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Atomizer

68
Q

Source of energy that will be absorbed by the atoms to enter the excitation state

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Flame

69
Q

Type of burner where the sample is aspirated directly into the flame

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Total Consumption Burners

70
Q

Type of burner where the aspirated sample, fuel, and oxidant are thoroughly mixed before reaching the burner opening and then entering the flame

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Premix Burner

71
Q

Flame color of Potassium

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Violet

72
Q

Flame color of Lithium

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Red

73
Q

Flame color of Calcium

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Orange

74
Q

Flame color of Sodium

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Yellow

75
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Flame color of Barium

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Lime green

76
Q

Measures group 2 metals with 2+ charges

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Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry

77
Q

What are the 4 analytical techniques

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Spectrophotometry
Luminescence
Chromatography
Electroanalytic Methods