We can see here that
l
max =222nm. As this is in the
UV region
we would expect this substance to be colourless.
An example plot of absorbance against wavelength
to why we use UV
to the UV-visible spectrometer
Jump to a section
Light and the spectrum
The basis of colour
Conjugated molecules
Using UV-vis radiation
How data is interpreted
The Beer-Lambert Law
Summary of UV-vis
UV-vis Quiz
Fluorescence
Phosphorescence
Glossary
