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UV-Visible absorption spectrophotometer

UV-Visible absorption spectrophotometer with blackbody light source, grating monochromator, and photomultiplier detector. Assumptions: light source is imaged onto entrance slit; entrance and exit slits equal in size and shape; all light exiting the monochromator is detected by the PMT; stray light is unabsorbed by sample; absorption width is much greater than spectral bandpass. Limitations: no wavelength dependence of monochromator transmission factor (Top), stray light, and PMT sensitivity; no temperature dependence of PMT dark current.


Variable sheet:

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St Input     Name    Output    Unit      Comment                                
             freq    7.495E13  Hz        frequency (Hz)                         
             E       4.966E-20 Joule     energy (Joule, erg, eV, kcal/mole)     
             v       2500      cm-1      wavenumber (cm-1)                      
   400       lambda            nm        wavelength of light (mm, , m, nm)    
                                         --------MONOCHROMATOR----------        
   1         m                           order (unitless)                       
             d       .00083333 mm        grating constant (mm, cm, m)          
             theta   14.386773 degrees   rotation angle of grating (radians, de 
   15        Phi               degrees   monochromator takeoff angle (radians,  
             alpha   29.386773 degrees   incidence angle (radians, degrees)     
             beta    .61322672 degrees   diffraction angle (radians, degrees)   
   1200      lines             lines/mm  grating ruling density (lines/mm)      
             AngDisp 1200.0687 mm-1      Angular dispersion (mm-1, nm-1)        
             LinDisp .36002062 mm/nm     Linear Dispersion (mm/mm, mm/nm, mm/) 
             RLD     2.7776187 nm/mm     Reciprocal linear dispersion (nm/mm,  
   300       Fm                mm        Focal length on monochromator (mm, cm, 
             Sg      1.3888093 nm        Geometrical spectral bandpass (mm, m, 
             S       1.395476  nm        Spectral bandpass (mm, m, nm, )      
             Snu     .8721725  cm-1      Spectral bandpass (cm-1)               
   5         H                 mm        Slit height (mm, m)                   
   .5        W                 mm        Slit width (mm, m)                    
   .5        Top                         Transmission factor of monochromator   
             Sd      .00666667 nm        diffraction limited resolution (mm, m 
             N       60000               Total number of lines in grating (unit 
   50        Wg                mm        aperture (mm, cm, m)                   
             omega   .02420353 sr        acceptance solid angle, steradians     
             Fnumber 5.6964669           F-number of monochromator              
             As      .025      cm2       Slit area (cm2, mm2)                   
             Ap      21.783178 cm2       grating area viewed from entrance slit 
             PhiIn   .02132818 watts     Radiant power input into monochromator 
   .01       Strayli                     Percent stray light                    
             Phi0    1.3896E-7 watts     Radiant power passed by monochromator  
                                         ---------LIGHT SOURCE-------------     
   .5        emisiv                      emissivity of blackbody                
   2500      Tb                K         Temperature of blackbody (K, C)        
             nm      400       nm        wavelength in nm                       
             peak    1158.8    nm        Peak wavelength  (nm, , m, cm)       
             B       35.248047 W/sr/cm2  Total radiance over all wavelengths    
             Blambda .00033073 W/sr/nm/c Source spectral radiance (W/sr/nm/cm2) 
                                         -----PHOTOMULTIPLIER DETECTOR--------- 
   .2        Klam                        Cathode quantum efficiency             
             g       3.2150301           gain per stage                         
             SEF     .45146114           secondary emission factor              
   600       V                 volts     total voltage applied                  
             Vd      66.666667 volts     voltage per dynode (volts, KV)         
   9         k                           number of dynodes                      
             M       36699.941           multiplication factor                  
   1000      rt                sec-1     cathode thermionic emission rate (sec- 
   .9        eta                         collection efficiency                  
             Rlam    .64515324 amps/watt radiant cathode responsivity (amps/wat 
             Flux    2.7981E12 sec-1     Photon flux on cathode (sec-1)         
             rcp     5.5963E11 sec-1     cathode photoelectron emission rate, s 
             ic      8.9652E-8 amps      cathode photocurrent (amps, mA, A, nA 
             ict     1.602E-16 amps      cathode thermionic dark current (amps, 
             iat     5.291E-12 amps      anode thermionic dark current (amps, m 
   303       T                 K         Temperature of load resistor (K, C)    
   1000      RL                ohms      Load (or feedback) resistance (ohms, K 
             sigmai  5.0269E-9 amps      signal shot noise current (amps, mA,  
             sigmat  2.125E-13 amps      thermionic shot noise current (amps, m 
   0         excess            amps      excess noise current (amps, mA, A, nA 
             sigmad  2.125E-13 amps      total dark noise current (amps, mA, A 
             sigma   5.0269E-9 amps      total shot noise current (amps, mA, A 
             sigmav  5.0269E-6 volts     total shot noise voltage (volts, mvolt 
             sigmaJ  2.8919E-9 volts     Johnson noise voltage (volts, mvolts)  
   0         flicfac                     flicker factor                         
             sigmaf  0         volts     flicker noise voltage (volts, mvolts)  
             sigman  5.0269E-6 volts     total noise voltage (volts, mvolts)    
   1         t                 sec       integration time (sec)                 
             DeltaF  .5        Hz        noise bandwidth, Hz                    
             tau     .5        sec       RC time constant (sec)                 
             resptim 2.5       sec       RC response time (sec)                 
             ia      .00296121 amps      reference photocurrent  (amps, mA, A, 
L            SNR     589130.53           signal-to-noise ratio of incident inte 
                                         ----SAMPLE and OUTPUT SIGNAL-------    
   1         a                           absorptivity of analyte                
   1         b                 cm        path length of cell                    
   1         c                           concentration of analyte               
             A       1                   true aborbance                         
             ias     .00029642 amps      sample photocurrent  (amps, mA, A, nA 
             Es      2.9615091 volts     reference signal voltage (volts, mvolt 
             Ess     .29641742 volts     sample signal voltage (volts, mvolts)  
             sigmas  1.5904E-9           sample shot noise current (amps, mA,  
             Aobs    .99960934           Measured absorbance                    
             RSDref  1.6976E-6           RSD of reference signal                
             RSDsamp 5.3656E-6           RSD of sample signal                   
             RSD     5.6277E-6           RSD of transmission                    
             RSDA    .00024434           Percent RSD of absorbance            
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Rule sheet:
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RSDA=100*.434*RSD/Aobs  d=1/lines                                                                     
  AngDisp = m/(d*cos(beta))                                                     
  LinDisp = Fm*AngDisp                                                          
  RLD=1/LinDisp                                                                 
  Sg=W/LinDisp                                                                  
  S = Sg+Sd                                                                     
  Snu=.1*S/(lambda*lambda)                                                      
  Sd = lambda/(m*N)                                                             
  N = Wg/d                                                                      
  beta=Phi-theta                                                                
  alpha=theta+Phi                                                               
  m*lambda=2*d*cos(Phi)*sin(theta)                                              
  omega=Ap/Fm^2                                                                 
  Ap=Wg^2*cos(alpha)                                                            
  PhiIn=B*As*omega                                                              
  As=0.01*W*H                                                                   
  Phi0=Blambda*As*omega*Top*Sg*1e6                                              
  Fnumber=Fm/sqrt(4*Ap/pi())                                                    
  lambda = 1/v                                                                  
  Blambda = emisiv*1.19111E16*nm^-5/(exp(1.438e7/(nm*Tb))-1)                    
  E = (6.6261E-34)*freq                                                         
  freq = (2.998E10)/lambda                                                      
  B=emisiv*1.8047e-12*Tb^4                                                      
  peak=2.897e6/Tb                                                               
  nm=lambda*1e6                                                                   
  exponent=1.438e7/(nm*Tb)                                                      
  LambdaT=nm*Tb                                                                 
  lambda = 1/v                                                                  
  E = (6.6261E-34)*freq                                                         
  freq = (2.998E10)/lambda                                                      
  M=g^k                                                                         
  Vd=V/k                                                                        
  g=0.17*Vd^.7    " this is partly empirical                                    
  rcp=Klam*Flux                                                                 
  Rlam=(Klam*1.602e-19)/E                                                       
  ia=eta*M*Rlam*Phi0                                                            
  ic=rcp*1.602e-19                                                              
  Flux=Phi0/E                                                                   
  ict=rt*1.602e-19                                                              
  iat=M*eta*ict                                                                 
  Es=RL*((ia*Straylight/100)+ia+iat)                                            
  sigmai=sqrt(2*1.602e-19*(1+SEF)*M*ia*DeltaF)                                  
  SEF=1/(g-1)                                                                   
  sigmat=sqrt(2*1.602e-19*(1+SEF)*M*iat*DeltaF)                                 
  sigmad=sqrt(sigmat^2+excess^2)                                                
  sigma=sqrt(sigmad^2+sigmai^2)                                                 
  sigmaJ=sqrt(4*1.38e-23*T*RL*DeltaF)                                           
  sigman=sqrt((RL*sigma)^2+sigmaJ^2+sigmaf^2)                                   
  sigmav=RL*sigma                                                               
  SNR=Es/sigman                                                                 
  DeltaF=1/(2*t)                                                                
  DeltaF=1/(4*tau)                                                              
  resptime=5*tau                                                                
  sigmaf=flicfac*Es                                                             
  A=a*b*c                                                                       
  ias=(ia*Straylight/100)+ia*10^(-A)                                            
  Ess=RL*(ias+iat)                                                              
  sigmas=sqrt(2*1.602e-19*(1+SEF)*M*(ias+iat)*DeltaF)                           
  Aobs=log(Es/Ess)                                                              
  RSDref=sigmai/ia                                                              
  RSDsamp=sigmas/ias                                                            
  RSD=sqrt(RSDref^2+RSDsamp^2)                                                  
  RSDA=100*.434*RSD/Aobs                                                                                                           
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T. C. O'Haver, Chem 623, 1997