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UV-Vis Spectrophotometry
UV-Vis spectrophotometry is an optical analytical technique that measures the absorption of ultraviolet and visible light (wavelengths 190–900 nm) by substances in solution. Founded on the Beer-Lambert law (developed by August Beer and Pierre Bouguer), it is one of the oldest and most widely used quantitative analytical methods. UV-Vis spectrophotometry is economical, rapid, and applicable to a vast range of organic and inorganic compounds, making it indispensable in pharmaceutical, clinical, environmental, and research laboratories.
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- Beer, A. (1852). Bestimmung der Absorption des rothen Lichts in farbigen Flussigkeiten. Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 86(5), 78–88. DOI: 10.1002/andp.18521860505 ↗
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