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06-23-2015
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Lab
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Undergraduate
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In this guided-inquiry activity, students describe the relationship between solution concentration and the intensity of light that is absorbed/transmitted, explain how wavelength, solution color, and absorbance are related, and use a sketch of an absorption spectrum to describe the concept of maximum absorbance wavelength. The associated PhET simulation can be found here: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/beers-law-lab

Authors: Susan Hendrickson, Julia Chamberlain