question:beers-law
question:beers-law


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warren "Oh, interesting! Maybe @programmer1200 would be interested in this, re: related work on a turbidity sensor... " | Read more » about 6 years ago
Ag8n "The current epa method for turbidity, with standard prep, is at: Https://epa.gov/sites/production/files//2015-08/documents/method_180-1_1993.pdf ..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
Ag8n "Absolutely correct. The fluorescence spectrometer is the same layout as for the basic turbidimeter. The standards are a bit of a pain, but quite ..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
warren "So a design using the Lego Spectrometer, for example, might need a right-angle light source -- but that's not so bad, since already with fluorescen..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
warren "Hm, good point -- actually going back to an old post there's some great stuff here: https://publiclab.org/notes/donblair/08-25-2015/turbidity-001 ..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
Ag8n "By definition, turbidity measures the amount of light scattered at a 90 angle. So there would have to be a change in the optical layout from the ..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
warren "Related: How can we detect contaminants in water samples with a DIY spectrometer using reagents? https://publiclab.org/notes/warren/12-18-2017/ca..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
warren "Also noting that @ygzstc cited some work supporting the use of the area under the curve in a spectrum data reading instead of intensity at one wave..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
warren "Just to clarify here, I believe to sum up we can say that: IF a reagent reacts linearly (for example, if doubling the concentration of the thing t..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
warren "Copying in answer from @stoft, here: It is my understanding that Beer's law is not the relationship between reagent's effect on color, but is the ..." | Read more » over 6 years ago