Re: TOJC: Ch.13

kingerjd@plu.edu
Mon, 02 Dec 1996 23:28:45 -0800 (PST)

okay, i'm going to give this one a try. i believe that since oxygen has
mass it will absorb light. so the oxygen in air will absorbb light. it
is necessary to remove air if one is trying to measure something that uses
the same wave lenght. For example, say that you are trying to watch ER on
the television. If you are trying to watch ER and i go stand directly in
front of the television, you can't waych ER. So you get rid of me and you
can enjoy the show.

julie kingery
kingerjd

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On Mon, 2 Dec 1996 vantranh@plu.edu wrote:

> Hello everyone (again),
> I have another curious question for all of you smart people! On
> page 538, at the very top of the Solomon's text, it says: "These
> absorptions occur at wavelengths that are out of the range of operation of
> most visible-ultraviolet spectrometers because they occur where the
> oxygen in air also absorbs."
> What does the text mean by the last part about the oxygen? I have
> an idea but I wanted to make sure I was understanding this correctly.
> Just curious, vantranh
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