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Ultra-Violet Visible Spectrophotometer


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Thrirumugam.S
Pondicherry University, Dept. Of Physics.

Advanced Laboratory - Presentation, 2011

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Outline

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1 Instrumentation

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2 Analysis

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What is Spectrophotometer?
It is an instrument used to record the spectrum.

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What is the Range? Wavelength = 180nm - 800nm How it is recording the Spectrum? Digitally Working of the Instrument. Source Sample Detector

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Figure: Energy Levels of a molecule

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Figure: Electronic Structure

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A molecules internal energy = Energy of (electrons + vibration + rotation) The electronic energy levels of Simple molecules are widely separated .
Absorption of a high energy photon, excite the

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molecule. Complex molecules are more closely spaced. Photons of near UV and Visible light can effect the transition.

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Figure: Idealized absorption spectrum

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Principle

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Radiation = matter:
Absorbtion Transmission Scattering Reection Fluorescence.

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Figure: Interaction of light and matter

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Interaction of light and matter

Scattering - almost instantaneously completely

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re-emitted uniformly in all directions (OR) unchanged. Fluorescence - excites the molecule to a higher energy state;
the molecule then drops back to an intermediate energy

level by re-emitting a photon.


the energy of the incident photon is retained in the

molecule or is lost by a non-radiative process such as collision Radiation is emitted uniformly in all directions

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Figure: Working of UV/Vis spectrometer

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Components Present
There are many components present in the Instrument.

Necessary Components
Source Sample Compartment Detector

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Other Components
Monochromator Setup Filters Interface

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Figure: Schematic diagram of a spectrophotometer

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Multichannel Spectrometer
No monochromator, but disperses transmitted light and measures "all wavelengths at once"

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No scanning - simple and fast More expensive Limited resolution

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Figure: Carry 5000

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Source

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No single lamp provides radiation across the whole of the range required, so two are used.
UV Lamp(Deuterium)[ = 180 350nm] Halogen Lamp[ = 300 1200nm]

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The radiation is separated according to its wavelength by a diffraction grating followed by a narrow slit.

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Sample
Usually examined in solution(Slovent + Solute).
The most commonly used solvents are water, 95%

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ethanol, and n-hexane.

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Cuvettes
Must be transparent to the radiation Quartz or fused silica in UV region Silicate Glass in range 350 - 2000 nm.

Solid samples can also be used Thin foil coated over quartz

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Detectors

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For Detecting the radiations of wavelength range 180nm-800nm Photo Multiplier Tube(PMT) is used. For the wavelengh range 700nm-2500nm PbSmart(PbSe) Semiconductor Detector is used. Detectors has its own limitations.

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Beam & Path Length

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Beam Length
The total length traversed by the radiation between the Source and the Detector is 1.25m

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Path Length
The total length traversed by the radiation through the sample is 1cm

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Scan Rate

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The rate of change of wavelength() w.r.t time


minimum = 20 maximum = 600

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For scan range 200-800nm with scan rate 20 takes 30min

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Interface

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Old
General Purpose Interface Bus(GPIB) 8 bit electrically parallel bus. Lacks command protocols.

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New
USB or Ethernet are also used

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Software Utilities

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Background Correction Base line Correction Peak nder Scan Analysis Signal-to-noise Mode

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Accessories

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Filters
Two lters are used: 1 below 600nm and other above 600nm

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Sample Compartment
Purging is available in our Instrument Vaccum mechanism can also be used.

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The processes concerned here are absorption and

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transmission.
Reection, scatter and uorescence are kept to a

minimum
The UV/Vis spectrum gives us a pattern which

represents a unique behaviour pattern of our sample.

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Identication of an unknown sample - not possible. Although this data may be used to conrm its nature

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deduced from its infrared spectrum or by other techniques.


If we knew the structure beforehand we could calculate

the theoretical appearance of the samples spectrum using the Fieser-Woodward Rules.

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Beer-Lambarts Law
The Beer Lambarts Law: I = I0 exp(L) Where, L - Path Length Absorption Co-effecient = n1 B Einstein co-effecient, B= 1 | < 2|0 |1 > |2 6 0 h2 (3) h c (2) (1)

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Absorbance A = constant x concentration x cell length

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Terminology

Chromophore Any group of atoms that absorbs light

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whether or not a color is thereby produced.


Auxochrome A group which extends the conjugation of

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a chromophore by sharing of nonbonding electrons.


Bathochromic shift The shift of absorption to a longer

wavelength.
Hypsochromic shift The shift of absorption to a shorter

wavelength.
Hyperchromic effect An increase in absorption intensity. Hypochromic effect A decrease in absorption intensity.

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Factors affecting Absorption

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The Solvent Degree of Conjugation Acid - Base Indicators

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Choice of Solvents
Table: Some solvents used in ultraviolet spectroscopy

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Solvent Acetonitrile Water Cyclohexane Hexane Methanol Ethanol Ether Methylene dichloride Chloroform Carbon tetrachloride

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Minimum wavelength for 1 cm cell, nm 190 191 195 201 203 204 215 220 237 257

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Figure: Spectra of Phenol in Iso-octane and in Ethanol

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Effect of Conjugation

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The longer the conjugated carbon chain in the

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absorbing system, the greater the intensity of the absorption.


Conjugation does not have to be restricted to atoms of

the same type.


Increased conjugation moves the absorption band

towards a longer wavelength.

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Acid-Base Indicators
A small change in the chemical structure of the indicator molecule can cause a change in the chromophore and it will absorb in different parts of the visible spectrum.

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Our Spectrograph
Figure: NiSO4 ; C=0.2M

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Wavelength (nm) 721.000 500.000 394.000 269.000

Abs 0.440 0.010 1.046 0.005

Type P V P V

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Results - Qualitative

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The bands observed are usually not specic enough to

allow a positive identication of an unknown sample

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Results - Quantitative

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The estimation of the amount of a compound known to

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be present in the sample. The energy separation, E, between the d orbitals E = h = 3.15 eV Crystal Field splitting energy (10Dq)

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Figure: Scan Analysis Report

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Concentration 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4

Absorbance 0.557 1.046 1.523 1.884

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Figure: (a) %T vs concentration (b) Absorbance vs concentration

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Racah parameters
To describe the effects of electron-electron repulsion

within the metal complexes.


The Racah parameters are A, B and C.

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Tanabe-Sugano diagrams
each electron conguration split has an energy that can

be related by the B value.


A is ignored because it is roughly the same for any

metal center and C generally approximated as being 1/4B.


B represents is an approximation of the bond strength

between the ligand and metal.

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Tanabe-Sugano Diagrams

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comparisons between free ion B and B of a coordination complex is called the nephelauxetic ratio (the effect of reducing electron-electron repulsion via ligands).

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How to use the Diagrams


the d-conguration of the metal ion known. Choose the appropriate Tanabe-Sugano diagram. Take a spectrum of the complex and identify Imax for

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spin-allowed (strong intensity) and spin forbidden (weak intensity) transitions.


Convert Imax to wavenumbers and generate energy

ratios relative to the lowest allowed transition. (i.e. E2/E1 and E3/E1)
Using a ruler, slide it across the printed diagram until

the E/B ratios between lines is equivalent to the ratios found in step 4.
Solve for B using the E/B values (y-axis, step 4) and

oct /B (x-axis, step 5) to yield the ligand eld splitting energy 10Dq.

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A knowledge on Instrumentation will be useful for the

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acurate and fast measurements.

The Analysis of the Spectrograph gives the details

about the molecules.

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UV - Vis Spectrophotometer

Advantages
Can be used to determine the Absorption of a

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molecule.
Give details about the color of the transition metal.

Disadvantages
Identication of an unknown sample - not possible.

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References

References I
H.A.O. Hill, P. Day. Physical Methods in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1968. C.-P. Sherman Hsu, Handbook of Instrumental Techniques for Analytical Chemistry. Tony Owen Fundamentals of modern UV-visible spectroscopy. Copyright Agilent Technologies, 2000. Prof. Greenlief CH 4200, 2004. Cary5000 Brochure Varian: UV VIS NIR Spectrophotometer

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References II

Thermo Spectronic Basic UV-Vis Theory, Concepts and Applications Adam R. Riordan, et-al Pepperdine University, Malibu Chem. Educator, 10: 115119, 2005.

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