The standard addition method is used to analyze a sample of a river water for mercury. Solution A is made by pipetting 5.00 mL of undiluted sample in to a 10 mL volumetric flask and filling to the mark with DI water. Solution B is made by pipetting 5.00 mL of undiluted sample and 3.00 mL of 15.0 ppb of Hg standard into same 10.0 mL volumetric flask and filling to the mark with DI.   Solution A and B are analyzed using atomic absorption spectroscopy and give a percent transmittance values of 56 % and 33 % respectively (not blank corrected). A blank has a transmittance of 96%.   What is the corrected absorbance of both solution A and B?   A. Solution A: 0.123           Solution B: 0.463   B. Solution A: 0.463           Solution B: 0.234   C. Solution A: 0.123           Solution B: 0.234   D. Solution A: 0.234         Solution B: 0.463

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The standard addition method is used to analyze a sample of a river water for mercury. Solution A is made by pipetting 5.00 mL of undiluted sample in to a 10 mL volumetric flask and filling to the mark with DI water. Solution B is made by pipetting 5.00 mL of undiluted sample and 3.00 mL of 15.0 ppb of Hg standard into same 10.0 mL volumetric flask and filling to the mark with DI.

 

Solution A and B are analyzed using atomic absorption spectroscopy and give a percent transmittance values of 56 % and 33 % respectively (not blank corrected). A blank has a transmittance of 96%.

 

What is the corrected absorbance of both solution A and B?

  A.

Solution A: 0.123           Solution B: 0.463

  B.

Solution A: 0.463           Solution B: 0.234

  C.

Solution A: 0.123           Solution B: 0.234

  D.

Solution A: 0.234         Solution B: 0.463

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