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Which of the following would NOT be a reason for a deviation from Beer's law?

  • A.stray light reaching the detector
  • B.a beam that is not truly monochromatic
  • C.using absorbance rather than transmittance as the measured quantity
  • D.association of the absorbing species at high concentration

Answer: C

Correct answer: using absorbance rather than transmittance as the measured quantity

Using absorbance is not a deviation but the correct practice, since it is absorbance that is linear in concentration. The other three are genuine causes of departure from Beer’s law: stray light sets a ceiling on the apparent absorbance, a polychromatic beam averages over absorptivities that differ across the band, and association or dissociation at high concentration changes the absorbing species itself.

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