visible spectrophotometry
visible spectrophotometry
[′viz·ə·bəl ¦spek·trō·fə′täm·ə·trē] (spectroscopy)
In spectrophotometric analysis, the use of a spectrophotometer with a tungsten lamp that has an electromagnetic spectrum of 380-780 nanometers as a light source, glass or quartz prisms or gratings in the monochromator, and a photomultiplier cell as a detector.
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