spectrophotometer pre-lab homewrok

Question

it is in chemistry.

 
What is a spectrophotometer? How does it relate to Beer’s Law? How does it work? If you feel a diagram is necessary to help explain this, be sure to include one. (2 point)

Answer 1

Nafea,

 

I copied this from a google search. Hope it helps!

The spectrophotometer is an instrument which measures the amount of light of a specificed wavelength which passes through a medium. According to Beer's law, the amount of light absorbed by a medium is proportional to the concentration of the absorbing material or solute present.

 

Go here for more information:

http://biology.clc.uc.edu/fankhauser/Labs/Microbiology/Growth_Curve/Spectrophotometer.htm