Skip to main content

All Questions

Tagged with
3 votes
2 answers
14k views

When making a calibration curve, do we have to use the wavelength at maximum absorbance?

If you are making a calibration curve for $\ce{CuSO4}$ where you plot absorbance against concentration, does the wavelength have to be exactly at the maximum of the peak? Or can it be somewhere else ...
17 votes
2 answers
16k views

What is the reason for the blue color of an ammoniated electron?

I am quoting a line from a book regarding reactivity of alkali metals with liquid ammonia. The blue colour of the solution is due to the ammoniated electron which absorbs energy in the visible region ...