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The true absorbance of a sample is 1.000, but the monochromator passes 1.0% stray light

Chapter 19, Problem 19-B

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The true absorbance of a sample is 1.000, but the monochromator passes 1.0% stray light. Add the light coming through the sample to the stray light to find the apparent transmittance of the sample. Convert this answer back into absorbance and find the relative error in the calculated concentration of the sample.

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QUESTION:

The true absorbance of a sample is 1.000, but the monochromator passes 1.0% stray light. Add the light coming through the sample to the stray light to find the apparent transmittance of the sample. Convert this answer back into absorbance and find the relative error in the calculated concentration of the sample.

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It is given that,

The true absorbance of sample(A) is .

The stray light passed by the monochromator is .

A true absorbance at  means that,

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