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Spectroscopy - What do you need to know?
« on: July 01, 2015, 07:02:35 pm »
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Hi,

I've been revising Unit 3, in particular the spectroscopic techniques. I know my text books includes lost of stuff I don't actually need for the end of year exam, so do I need to know anything about flame tests and AES and the chemistry behind it?

Do I just need to know AAS, UV-Visible spectroscopy, Infrared spectroscopy, NMR spectroscopy (proton and Carbon-13) and then mass spectrometry? Do I need to know how the procedure for all and how they work or just how to interpret the results??

Thanks heaps!
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Re: Spectroscopy - What do you need to know?
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2015, 07:11:43 pm »
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You need to know how to interpret data and what properties affect the data - not how the machine works or the experimental procedure (other than the use of a standard).

An example of properties affecting data would be "by accident, 0.2 M copper is used as a standard instead of water. What affect will this have on the data point for 0.4 M copper?"
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