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Beer-Lambert Law

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The Beer-Lambert law relates the absorption of light by a substance to its concentration in solution and path length through which it travels.

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According to the Beer-Lambert law, as absorbance _______, the concentration of a species _______.
For which concentration is the Beer-Lambert law least accurate?
The linearity of the Beer-Lambert law is affected by the following conditions:
Derive the units of the molar absorption coefficient in the Beer-Lambert law given that the units of concentration are M and the units for the path length are cm.
Beer-Lambert law is not applicable if _____.

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