The Beer-Lambert Law
Status: 1
Caryl Fish
Dave Langhus
Spectrophotometry
Specific Topics:
Percent Transmittance
Absorbance
Beer's Law
Content Learning Objectives:
- Be able to identify each term in the Beer-Lambert law and explain its effect on absorbance
- Be able to explain the relationship between transmittance and absorbance
Process Learning Objectives:
- Prepare and interpret graphs (information processing)
- Develop mathematical expressions to describe data (problem solving)
Prerequisites: none
Time Required: 50 minutes
Date Submitted: July 26, 2008