The spectroscopic signal observed in an analytical experiment is....?

#"A. Proportional to the concentration of the species observed."#
#"B. Unrelated to the concentration of the species observed."#
#"C. Specific to the experiment."#
#"D. Is unrelated to the area under the curve of the signal."#

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anor277
Jun 1, 2017

#A.#

Explanation:

It is a fundamental, underlying principle of ALL spectroscopy, that the size of the signal observed (formally the area under the curve of the signal) is proportional to the number of absorbing species, and hence the abundance or concentration of the species.

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