Electromagnetic spectrum absorption band

The determination of an analyte s concentration based on its absorption of ultraviolet or visible radiation is one of the most frequently encountered quantitative analytical methods. One reason for its popularity is that many organic and inorganic compounds have strong absorption bands in the UV/Vis region of the electromagnetic spectrum. In addition, analytes that do not absorb UV/Vis radiation, or that absorb such radiation only weakly, frequently can be chemically coupled to a species that does. For example, nonabsorbing solutions of Pb + can be reacted with dithizone to form the red Pb-dithizonate complex. An additional advantage to UV/Vis absorption is that in most cases it is relatively easy to adjust experimental and instrumental conditions so that Beer s law is obeyed. 

A dye molecule has one or more absorption bands in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum (approximately 350-700 nm). After absorbing photons, the electronically excited molecules transfer to a more stable (triplet) state, which eventually emits photons (fluoresces) at a longer wavelength (composing three-level system.) The delay allows an inverted population to build up. Sometimes there are more than three levels. For example, the europium complex (Figure 18.15) has a four-level system. 

Unlike Michler s Hydrol Blue (6.153) and crystal violet (6.167 R = CH3), malachite green (6.168 R = CH3) shows two absorption bands in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum (Figure 6.1). In 98% acetic acid the long-wavelength absorption band (x-band) of... 

When electromagnetic radiation passes through transparent matter, some of it is absorbed. Strong absorption will occur if there is a close match between the frequency of the radiation and the energy of one of the possible electronic or molecular absorption processes characteristic of the medium. A plot of absorbance (A) against wavelength (X) or frequency (v) for a particular material is termed an absorption spectrum. The complexity of the absorption spectrum depends on whether atomic (simple, with a few sharp absorption bands) or molecular (complex, with many broad bands) processes are responsible. 

Infrared spectroscopy has proven to be a very informative and powerful technique for the characterization of zeolitic materials. Most infrared spectrometers measure the absorption of radiation in the mid-infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum (4000-400 cm or 2.5-25 xm). In this region of the spectrum, absorption is due to various vibrational modes in the sample. Analysis of these vibrational absorption bands provides information about the chemical species present. This includes information about the structure of the zeolite as well as other functional... 

ABSORPTION BAND. A range of wavelengths (or frequencies) in the electromagnetic spectrum within which radiant energy is absorbed by a substance. When the absorbing substance is a polyatomic gas, an absorption band actually is composed of a group of discrete absorption lines, which appear to overlap. Each line is associated with a particular mode of vibration or rotation induced in a gas molecule by the incident radiation. The absorption bands of oxygen and ozone are often referred to in the literature of atmospheric physics. 

A noteworthy characteristic of selective absorption is found in the existence of certain anomalies in the refractive index in the neighborhood of absorption frequencies discussed under Dispersion. See also Absorption Band and Electromagnetic Spectrum. 

Many classifications of spectra exist those describing the spectral region involved (ultraviolet, infrared) the appearance of the spectra (line, band) the method of observation (absorption, emission) or the species producing the spectra (atoms, molecules). With respect to processes and properties of expls and proplnts, classification by species is most appropriate since information concerning reaction kinetics is frequently provided by spectroscopic techniques, From a spectroscopic viewpoint, it is convenient to divide the electromagnetic spectrum into a number of sections (see Fig 1). 

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