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Spectrophotometer

Written by the Fiveable Content Team โ€ข Last updated August 2025
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Verified for the 2026 examโ€ขWritten by the Fiveable Content Team โ€ข Last updated August 2025

Definition

A spectrophotometer is an instrument used in scientific analysis that measures how much a chemical substance absorbs (or transmits) at each wavelength of light.

AP course connection

Topic 3.13: 3.13 Beer-Lambert Law

Unit 3

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