Investigation of a Solution’s Color (Qualitative and Quantitative) - Guided Inquiry Activity

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Title	Investigation of a Solution’s Color (Qualitative and Quantitative) - Guided Inquiry Activity
Description	Learning goals for this guided inquiry activity include for students to be able to, (1) Describe the relationship between solution concentration and color intensity for various metal ions; (2) Sketch absorbance vs. wavelength spectra; (3) Develop a proportional relationship between absorbance and concentration; (4) Explain solution color in terms of the variable absorption or transmission of mixtures of red, green and blue light
Subject	Chemistry
Level	Undergrad - Intro
Type	Guided Activity
Duration	60 minutes
Answers Included	No
Language	English
Keywords	absorbance, beer's law, color, concentration, spectroscopy, transmission
Simulation(s)	Beer's Law Lab (HTML5), Beer's Law Lab, Color Vision (HTML5), Color Vision

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Author(s)	Ted Clark, Julia Chamberlain
Contact Email	phethelp@colorado.edu
School / Organization	PhET
Date submitted	11/5/14
Date updated	6/23/15