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Why is a reference cuvette still needed in a double-beam instrument?

  • A.The chopper needs an obstruction in each path
  • B.The sample cell's own absorption must be cancelled
  • C.The reference beam would otherwise be too intense
  • D.The detector requires equal light in both paths

Answer: B

Without a matched cell in the reference path the sample cell's walls and the solvent would appear as absorbance, since only one path would contain them. Beam intensity, detector balance and chopper operation are not the reason. The double-beam arrangement cancels whatever is common to the two paths, so anything that must cancel has to be placed in both.

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