Chapter 18: Q9 P (page 456)
18-9 Why does a compound whose visible absorption maximum is at 480 nm (blue-green) appear to be red?
Short Answer
The Transmitted light will be complement of the color of absorption at 480 nm.
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Chapter 18: Q9 P (page 456)
18-9 Why does a compound whose visible absorption maximum is at 480 nm (blue-green) appear to be red?
The Transmitted light will be complement of the color of absorption at 480 nm.
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Preparing standards for a calibration curve.
(a) How much ferrous ethylene diammonium sulfateshould be dissolved in a 500mL volumetric flask withto obtain a stock solution with?
(b) When making stock solution (a), you actually weighed out 1.627 g of reagent. What is the Fe concentration in role="math" localid="1668357579931" ?
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(d) To reduce the generation of chemical waste, describe how you could prepare 50 mL of standard containing, andinfrom stock solution (b) by serial dilution using any Class A pipets from Table 2-3 with only 50mL volumetric flasks?
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