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Notes on Spectrophotometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

R. W. Ditchburn
R. W. Ditchburn
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Trinity College Isaac Newton Student
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The source of light used as a background is an important factor in determining the convenience and accuracy of ultra-violet absorption work, etc. If a source of light of constant intensity is available, a direct comparison method can be used and it is only necessary to calibrate the plates. If the source of light is not constant in intensity, it is necessary to divide the light into two beams and use one to check the variations of intensity while the other goes through the absorbing substance or (during calibration) the reducing sector or wedge. This latter method requires much more complicated apparatus and if the variations in the source are at all large it becomes inaccurate. In addition to being constant in intensity a good background for ultra-violet absorption spectra should possess the following qualities:

(1) Most of the energy should be emitted in the form of a continuous spectrum.

(2) It is desirable to be able to use one photograph of the whole region to be investigated. For this purpose it is necessary that the variations of intensity in different parts of the spectrum should be small enough for it to be possible to arrange the exposure so that all parts of the spectrum are within the correct exposure range, i.e. it must not be necessary to over-expose any part in order to get a strong enough intensity at another wave-length.

The hydrogen continuous spectrum possesses both these qualities and is an excellent background for the region on the short wave-length side of 3200 A.U. It may be used for longer wavelengths, but the hydrogen secondary lines are apt to prove trouble-some unless a fairly large dispersion is used.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 23 , Issue 8 , October 1927 , pp. 959 - 969
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1927

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