Lab Report Experiment 3

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I. CONSTRUCTION OF CALIBRATION CURVES II. Objective The primary objective of this laboratory experiment was to investigate the relationship between concentration and absorbance. This relationship was determined by constructing a calibration curve. In this experiment, Beer’s Law was used to linearly graph the absorbance vs. concentration. Additionally, the accuracy of the concentration curve that was graphed on computer software was compared to that graphed by hand. Molarity of Stock Solution (M 1 ) Molarity of Standard Solution (M 2 ) Volume of Standard Solution (V 2 ) Volume of Stock Solution to be taken (V 1 ) 2.00 x 10^-4 M 3.00 x 10^-5 100.0 mL 15 mL 2.00 x 10^-4 M 2.00 x 10^-5 100.0 mL 10 mL 2.00 x 10^-4 M 1.00 x 10^-5 100.0 mL 5 mL 2.00 x 10^-4 M 0.500 x 10^-5 100.0 mL 2.5 mL IV Procedure V Observations Begin by using a clean, dry 150 mL beaker to measure out approximately 50mL of the stock Congo Red solution. Then use 10 mL graduated pipets to transfer calculated volumes from the table above into separate clean 100 mL volumetric flasks. The stock Congo Red solution was a very dark red. When distributed, each volumetric flask had a different amount of the stock Congo Red solution.
For each volumetric flask with the different amounts of the stock Congo Red Solution, fill the rest to the 100 mL line with DI water. Then fill one 100 mL volumetric flask with only DI water. Then label the flasks. The flask that had the highest concentration of stock Congo Red solution was the darkest. The one with the least amount of Congo Red had the lightest color. The more concentrated the solution is, the darker it appears in color. Read the transmittance of the solution in the flask with just DI water, then zero it. Read the transmittance at 500 nm just once with a Spectronic 20 starting with the least concentrated solution and ending with the most concentrated solution. There is no need to use a separate cuvette since we are increasing concentration as we go. Record all readings. The more concentrated the solution was, the lower the transmittance (%T) was. However, the absorbance was higher the more concentrated the solution was and lower the less concentrated it was. Receive the unknown sample with an unknown concentration. Read the transmittance of the sample three times, pouring a new batch into the cuvette from the beaker for each reading. Then record all readings. The unknown sample had a transmittance close to the solution with a standard concentration of 2 x 10^-5 M. Its color was also very similar to it.
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