Test 1 Flashcards
Spectroscopy
use of E/M energy, particles, or sound to study matter
Qualitative
What is present?
Quantitative
How much is present?
Limitations in using human eye
- Need standards for each unknown studied. 2. Uncolored solutions. 3. Variations in light source. 4. Variations in eye sensitivity. (color blindness)
All Instruments have:
source, monochromator, sample, detector, readout device
Types of Errors
- Random 2. Systematic
Random
(Indeterminate) Noise Example: Random variations in mass of a weighing boat.
Systematic
(Determinate) Instrumental bias, personal, method Example: Always dispensing total volume of a pipette even though pipette marked TD.
Absolute Error
E(abs)=X-Xt Xt accepted or true value and X is the measurement or average of several measurements.
Relative Error
E(relative)=(X-Xt)/Xt
Population
All measurements of an observable. Infiinite. (impossible to get)
Sample
A subset of all the possible measurements. Finite. (Your results)
Samples mean
Summation of all samples divided by number of samples.
Sample Std. Dev
Sx=sqrt(Summation of (xi-xmean)^2/(N-1))
Signal (S)
A voltage or current produced by the spectrometer in response to a change in the absorption or emission of photons by a sample. (Avg. peak height above avg. baseline)
Noise(N)
Extraneous and unwanted signals that are superimposed on the desired signal. N=max. std. dev of baseline.
SNR
Signal to Noise Ratio. Measure of quality of a signal in spectrum.
Spectra are…
variations in a voltage as wavelength is scanned.
Time…
elapses as a spectrum is scanned
Signal & Noise…
can be thought of variations in a voltage w/ respect to time or in terms of their frequency
Don’t confuse the frequency…
of a signal and noise with the frequency of the light being absorbed or emitted in the spectroscopy.
S/N need to observe a signal…
depends on frequency of noise and if some knowledge of the signal exists.
Types of Noise:
- Chemical 2. Instrumental 3. Thermal of Johnson 4. Shot 5. Flicker 6. Environmental
Chemical Noise
Noise arising from uncontrollable variables that affect chemistry of system being analyzed.