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A colourant mixture obeying Beer's law would have

  • A.absorbance proportional to concentration at each wavelength
  • B.reflectance proportional to concentration at each wavelength
  • C.transmittance proportional to concentration at each wavelength
  • D.no dependence on concentration whatever

Answer: A

Correct answer: absorbance proportional to concentration at each wavelength

\[ A = \varepsilon c l. \] Beer’s law holds for transparent, non-scattering media, and it is what makes absorbances additive across the components of a mixture. Transmittance and reflectance are exponential in concentration rather than proportional, which is exactly why the transformation to absorbance is made first.

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