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How does a chopper work in a double-beam instrument?

  • A.It varies the slit width during the measurement
  • B.It switches the detector between two amplifiers
  • C.It sends the beam alternately down each path
  • D.It modulates the source to reject ambient light

Answer: C

A rotating mirrored disc directs the beam first through the sample and then through the reference, many times a second, so one detector sees both and their ratio is formed electronically. Ambient rejection is a useful side effect of the modulation rather than the purpose, and neither slit nor detector is switched. Using one detector for both paths removes any mismatch between two detectors, which would otherwise reappear as exactly the error the arrangement exists to remove.

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