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Let's say a compound having a molar absorptivity of 20000 and a concentration of 3e-5 M is kept in a container 5 cm long.
This gives that each centimetre of solution will absorb 50% of the light passing through it since
[tex]ln\frac{I}{I_0}=-ebc[/tex]
where
I is the final intensity of light, [tex]I_0[/tex] is the initial intensity of light, e is the maximum molar absorptivity, b is the path length and c is the concentration.
The molecule is such that 20 J/cm2 of intensity of light is enough to excite all the molecules in a 1 cm range.
The frequency of the light is such that the energy of one photon is just enough to excite the first fundamental frequency of vibration in the compound molecule.
100J/cm2 is the intensity of light actually passed through the solution.
Since according to the beer lambert law, 50% i.e. 50J/cm2 of light has been absorbed by the 1rst cm of solution, where did the rest 30J/cm2 go when we know that its photons do not have enough energy to excite further fundamental frequencies of vibration in the molecule and that only 20J/cm2 is required to excite the first fundamental frequency?
This gives that each centimetre of solution will absorb 50% of the light passing through it since
[tex]ln\frac{I}{I_0}=-ebc[/tex]
where
I is the final intensity of light, [tex]I_0[/tex] is the initial intensity of light, e is the maximum molar absorptivity, b is the path length and c is the concentration.
The molecule is such that 20 J/cm2 of intensity of light is enough to excite all the molecules in a 1 cm range.
The frequency of the light is such that the energy of one photon is just enough to excite the first fundamental frequency of vibration in the compound molecule.
100J/cm2 is the intensity of light actually passed through the solution.
Since according to the beer lambert law, 50% i.e. 50J/cm2 of light has been absorbed by the 1rst cm of solution, where did the rest 30J/cm2 go when we know that its photons do not have enough energy to excite further fundamental frequencies of vibration in the molecule and that only 20J/cm2 is required to excite the first fundamental frequency?