This lecture series will cover:

1. Introduction to spectroscopy, energy levels, excitation, emission, absorption and Beer’s Law

2. UV-spectroscopy

3. Mass spectroscopy
    

Transverse waves:

• The shorter the wavelength, the higher the frequency

• The lower the frequency, the longer the wavelength

• The product of wavelength and frequency is constant

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UV spectroscopy is when a beam of infra-red radiation is passed through a sample and the spectrometer then analyses the amount of radiation transmitted. This allows you to find the wavelength. 

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Mass spectroscopy ionises chemical species and sorts the ions based on their mass-to-charge ratio. This means it measures the masses within a sample.