Beer's Law Experiment
Why did Aunt Elda die?!
Pre-lab Analysis
Anesthetics have been around for a very long time. Over the years new ones have been discovered and others have been refined. Anesthetics have had a huge impact in the medical field.
The Lab
During the lab we noticed that the different solutions had a different tint. The solutions with more solute in it was darker because less light was allowed to pass trough it.
Equipment
How to make a Solution
To start a solution you need a solvent and solute. The solvent is what the solute mixes into. If you were to make a solution of 50\50 in 10 mL. You wtuld need 5 mL of your solvent and 5 mL of the solute.
Post-lab conclusion
We were able to figure out that Aunt Elda died due to too much anesthetics. The solution she was given was a 50% mixture. Any mixture over 40% is lethal.
Post-lab Questions.
1. The solution was too strong, we know this because the colorimeter shows that Aunt Elda's anesthetics allow the same amount of light through as the 50% solution.
2. This caused her death because any solution over 40% is lethal and she was given a 50% solution.
3. Beer's Law helped us solve this case, because it allows us to figure out the solution by how much light is being absorbed and allowed though.