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KAA 502

Atomic Spectroscopy
Introduction to Spectrometric
Methods
 Interaction with electromagnetic radiation.

(Dr. Lim Gin Keat)

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Properties of electromagnetic
radiation
 Wave properties
 Particle properties
 Electromagnetic spectrum
 Phenomena
 Diffraction - constructive and destructive
interference.
 Transmission
 Refraction, reflection, scattering,
(polarization
 Photoelectric effect

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Wavenumber, cm-1

Frequency, Hz

Wavelength, m

Regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.

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Diffraction of a monochromatic
radiation by slits. A typical dispersion curve.

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Energy states of chemical
species
 Quantum theory
 Atoms, ions and molecules can only exist in certain discrete
states characterized by definite amounts of energy.
 Ground state – lowest energy state for an atom, ion or molecule
 Excited states- higher energy states

Energy level digrams for (a) atomic sodium and (b) magnesium(I) ion. o
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Note the similarity in pattern of lines shown in black but not in actual wavelength (A).

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Emission Absorption

 Line spectrum  Atomic absorption


 Atomic or ionic species  Molecular absorption
 Band spectrum
 Molecular species
 Continuum
 Black body radiation
 Eg: Tungsten lamp

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Quantitative aspects of
Spectrochemical measurements
 Absorption methods
 Transmittance, T = P / Po
 % T = P / Po X 100
 Absorbance
 A = - log10 T
= log Po /P

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Quantitative and qualitative analyses

 Emission spectroscopy
 Emission intensity (quantitative)
 emission(qualitative)
 Atomic absorption spectroscopy
 Absorption measurements (quantitative)
 absorption (qualitative)
 Atomic mass spectrometry
 Detection of ionic species produced from atomic
species (number of ions is directly proportional to the
concentration of the element in the original sample)
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