Preferred term

spectrophotometers

A photometer which measures intensity as a function of the light source wavelength and is used to quantify the reflection or transmission properties of the sample. Analytes of interest within the sample reflect, absorb or transmit light at specific wavelengths, the intensity of this being related to analyte concentration.

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Created 6/29/12, last modified 5/9/19