A particular food coloring product has a molar absorptivity of 3.8 × 103 cm−1M−1 at λ max 510 nm. Calculate the absorbance and percentage of transmittance for a solution with a concentration of 2 × 10−4 M measured with a 1 cm cuvette at 510 nm.
A particular food coloring product has a molar absorptivity of 3.8 × 103 cm−1M−1 at λ max 510 nm. Calculate the absorbance and percentage of transmittance for a solution with a concentration of 2 × 10−4 M measured with a 1 cm cuvette at 510 nm.
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A particular food coloring product has a molar absorptivity of 3.8 × 103 cm−1M−1 at λ max 510 nm. Calculate the absorbance and percentage of transmittance for a solution with a concentration of 2 × 10−4 M measured with a 1 cm cuvette at 510 nm.
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