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How is a spectrophotometer made?

For a spectrophotometer to perform the correct functions, it is necessary that it has those
components that will help it in its work.

Ans those components are: light source, collimator, monochrome, sample compartment, detector
and computer

Lets begin with Light source

The light source illuminates the chemical sample, but to perform its function, it must have:
stability, directionality, continuous spectral energy distribution, and long life.

Also The light sources that a spectrophotometer can have are:

- Wolfram lamp (also called tungsten)

- Xenon arc lamp

- Deuterium lamp that is used in atomic laboratories

The next in line is Collimator

The collimator is a lens that takes the incoming light beam with a certain wavelength towards a
prism, which this prism separates all the wavelengths of that beam, making it redirect to the exit
slit.

Then we have Monochrome

A monochromator consists of the entrance and exit slits, collimators, and the scattering element.

The monochromator of a spectrophotometer isolates radiation of the desired wavelength,


achieving monochromatic light.

Then we have

sample compartment

The sample compartment is where REM interaction with matter takes place. You can also called
the sample as a blank singn or blank sample

Then the Detector

The detector is responsible for evidencing a radiation and know what type of response they will
face (photons or heat).

And last but not least Recorder/registered/computer

The computer Converts the physical phenomenon into numbers proportional to the analyte in
question.
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