Spectroscopic Analysis Lab

A few days ago, we completed a super easy lab where we did the spectroscopic analysis of Cr3+ and Co2+. We got to use a really cool and high-tech piece of equipment, called a spectrophotometer. I had never used this before, so it took a couple minutes to get myself acquainted with what each of the buttons/knobs did, but once I did that, the lab was a piece of cake. Using the machine, we tested solutions of both of the elements from a wavelength of 375-625 nanometers. Here is a website that I found to explain how a spectrophotometer works: Spectrophotometer

Here is what the machine that we used looked like: