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Ocean Optics Dragon User Manual

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Chapter 4: Experiments

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7. Concentration meter. Step 6 told Quantum what it needed to know to read any absorbance

number as a concentration by using the calibration curve. Now you can place any unknown
concentration of your compound into the cuvette holder and Quantum will give you an instant
reading of the concentration. No units are given next to the reading because you have to know
what units you are working in. You can make notes in Step 5 of the units you are working in. If
you see a noisy trace at the short wavelength end of the x-axis, use the numerical zoom on the
bottom window to hide it.