See The Light! A Nice Application of Calculus to Chemistry

Authors

Stuart Boersma, Central Washington UniversityFollow
Garrett McGowan

Document Type

Article

Department or Administrative Unit

Mathematics

Publication Date

2007

Abstract

Some simple modeling with Riemann sums can be used to develop Beer's Law, which describes the relationship between the absorbance of light and the concentration of the solution which the light is penetrating. A further application of the usefulness of Beer's Law in creating calibration curves is also presented.

Comments

This article was originally published in PRIMUS. The full-text article from the publisher can be found here.

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Recommended Citation

Boersma, S., & McGowan, G. (2007). See The Light! A Nice Application of Calculus to Chemistry. PRIMUS, 17(2), 125–130. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511970601131571

Journal

PRIMUS

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