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Background<br />

Research (c<strong>on</strong>t.)<br />

Portable Colorimeter<br />

Beer’s Law states that <strong>the</strong><br />

original <strong>absorbance</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

light by a soluti<strong>on</strong> is<br />

directly proporti<strong>on</strong>al to <strong>the</strong><br />

c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>the</strong> liquid.<br />

Beer’s Law is represented<br />

by <strong>the</strong> equati<strong>on</strong>;<br />

I=I0x10^(-kcl)<br />

To measure <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>absorbance</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> light, a<br />

colorimeter is needed.<br />

A colorimeter uses a<br />

photometer to measure<br />

<strong>the</strong> amount <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> light that<br />

passes through a soluti<strong>on</strong><br />

and how much <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> that light<br />

is absorbed by <strong>the</strong> soluti<strong>on</strong><br />

itself.

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