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. 2007 Mar;3(1):50–55.

Table 2.

Wavelength for maximum absorption, molar absorptivity, specific absorptivity, Sandell’s sensitivity, Ringbom range and statistical studies in case of diazepam complexes

Picric acid 3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid 2,4-dinitrobenzoic acid

λmaxnm 475 500 500
ε 2.89 × 103 1.03 × 103 4.30 × 103
a 10.14 3.63 15.00
I -0.02 0.05 -0.20
r 1.00 0.99 0.99
S 4.79 ×10-3 8.03 ×10-2 7.20 ×10-2
$ ×105 9.86 27.55 6.67
Conc µg/ml* 85.6 180.6 128.6
Ringbom range µg/ml 10.0-79.0 15.2-177.8 17.0-83.0

λmax, Wavelength for maximum absorption (nm); ε, Molar absorptivity l mol-1 cm-1; a, Specific absorptivity l g-1 cm-1; I, Intercept of calibration curve; r, Correlation coefficient of the calibration curve; S, Standard deviation of the calibration curve; $, Sandell’s sensitivity µg cm-2.

*

Obedience of Beer’s law up to this concentration.