Experiments & Workshops Made for Your Lab
Which is best for you? Choose from Dr. Q's various editions of the Spectroscopy Lab texts.
 

Our first effort, An Introduction to the Spectroscopy Lab Using Ocean Optics Spectrometers, is a handy reference tool for introducing Ocean Optics to the modern teaching lab. Included are experiments and sample lab exercises for our spectrometer and PASCO Scientific’s GLX Explorer dataloggers. Here’s a sampling of featured exercises:

• Absorbance of Light vs. Concentration (Beer’s Law)
• Kinetics of Crystal Violet Bleaching
• Spectrophotometric Determination of an Equilibrium Constant
• Spectrophotometric pH Determination Using Bromocresol Green

With so many lab exercises built around use of the old Spec20, these Ocean Optics spectrometer experiments -- all of which come from recipients of our educational grants -- are great for getting started in your new lab setup, or for use with any post-dispersive spectrometer.
 

Applications in Spectroscopy

This is a lab book for spectroscopy students filled with 10 experiments to help the student explore the exciting world of spectroscopy in real-world applications. The experiments include the following:

• Beer's Law of Potassium Permanganate
• Introduction to Reaction Rates
• Investigating the Atomic Spectrum of Hydrogen
• The Determination of the PKA of an Indicator Solution
• The KSP of Copper Tartrate
• Spectrophotometric Analysis of a Buffer Solution
• Beer's Law Analysis of Erythrosin B
• Spectrophotometric Characterization of Spice Extracts
• Determining the Manganese Concentration in a Steel Sample
• Investigating the Absorbance Spectra of Iodine