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06-23-2015
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Students will (1) Describe the relationship between solution concentration and color intensity for various metal ions; (2) Sketch absorbance vs. wavelength spectra; (3) Develop a proportional relationship between absorbance and concentration; (4) Explain solution color in terms of the variable absorption or transmission of mixtures of red, green, and blue light. The associated PhET simulation can be found here: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/beers-law-lab

Authors: Ted Clark, Julia Chamberlain