Spectroscopy in a Suitcase teacher's resource: UV / Visible Spectroscopy
Description
UV-visible spectroscopy is a technique that readily allows one to determine the concentrations of substances and therefore enables scientists to study the rates of reactions, and determine rate equations for reactions, from which a mechanism can be proposed. As such UV spectroscopy is used extensively in teaching, research and analytical laboratories for the quantitative analysis of all molecules that absorb ultraviolet and visible electromagnetic radiation.
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Spectroscopy in a Suitcase: Ultraviolet Visible (students’ resource)
Handout
Duration :  7 pagesActivity 1 (UV-Vis). Food Dye Analysis (teachers)
Experiment
Duration :  7 pagesActivity 2 (UV-Vis): Reaction of blue food dye with bleach (teachers)
Experiment
Duration :  11 pagesActivity 3 (UV-vis): Body in a Lab: Aspirin Overdose (teachers)
Experiment
Duration :  6 pagesActivity 4 (UV-Vis): Investigating transition metal complexes (teachers)
Experiment
Duration :  7 pagesSpectroscopy in a Suitcase: Teacher Resource - Olympic Drug Scandal UV/Vis
Handout
Duration :  4 pagesSpectroscopy in a Suitcase - Using an Ultraviolet Visible Spectrometer
Video
Duration :  00:01:39 time (hh:mm:ss)
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