RESULTS:

Table 1: Absorbance from 375 nm to 625 nm for 0.0752 M cobalt (II) solution, 0.0200 M
chromium (III) solution, mixture of cobalt (II) and chromium (III) ions:
0.0200 M
Wavelength 0.0752 M cobalt chromium (iii)
(nm) (ii) solution (abs) solution (abs) Mixture (abs)
375 0.197 0.165 0.199
385 0.029 0.221 0.264
395 0.036 0.286 0.339
405 0.043 0.333 0.393
415 0.051 0.351 0.417
425 0.069 0.34 0.422
435 0.101 0.3 0.41
445 0.15 0.245 0.401
455 0.209 0.188 0.404
465 0.254 0.144 0.402
475 0.289 0.113 0.405
485 0.317 0.093 0.415
495 0.35 0.089 0.446
505 0.385 0.101 0.494
515 0.39 0.119 0.521
525 0.36 0.148 0.52
535 0.299 0.182 0.495
545 0.223 0.216 0.455
555 0.159 0.245 0.422
565 0.107 0.268 0.395
575 0.071 0.282 0.374
585 0.053 0.284 0.357
595 0.045 0.276 0.34
605 0.041 0.257 0.315
615 0.039 0.228 0.282
625 0.038 0.197 0.247
Graph 1: Graph of absorbance versus wavelength for the three solutions:

Graph of Absorption vs. Wavelength for 0.0752M cobalt (II), 0.0200M chromium (III)
and mixture of cobalt (II) and chromium (III)
0.6

0.5
Absorption (Abs)

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.1

0
375 425 475 525 575 625 675
Wavelenght (nm)
cobalt (II) chromium (II) mixture

Table 2: Absorbance for chromium (III) solutions of different concentrations:

Wavelength (nm) 0.01M 0.02M 0.03M 0.04M

515 0.063 0.119 0.173 0.237
525 0.078 0.148 0.215 0.292
535 0.096 0.182 0.265 0.359
545 0.113 0.216 0.315 0.425
555 0.127 0.245 0.358 0.482
565 0.137 0.268 0.393 0.53
575 0.142 0.282 0.414 0.558

Table 3: Absorbance for cobalt (II) solutions of different concentrations:

Wavelength (nm) 0.0376M 0.0752M 0.1500M

515 0.211 0.39 0.75
525 0.197 0.36 0.692
535 0.167 0.299 0.568
545 0.13 0.223 0.416
555 0.098 0.159 0.289
565 0.071 0.107 0.187
575 0.053 0.071 0.116
Graph 2: Graph of absorbance against concentration for chromium (III) and cobalt (II) ion
at maximum wavelength 515 nm:

Graph of Absorbance vs Concentration at 515 nm

0.8
0.7
0.6
Absorbance (Abs)

0.5 y = 4.7978x + 0.03

R² = 1
0.4
0.3
0.2
y = 5.76x + 0.004
0.1
R² = 0.9986
0
0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1 0.12 0.14 0.16
Concentration (M)
Chromium (II) Cobalt (II) Linear (Chromium (II)) Linear (Cobalt (II))

Graph 3: Graph of absorbance against concentration for chromium (III) and cobalt (II) ion
at maximum wavelength 575 nm:

Graph of Absorbance vs Concentration at 575 nm

0.6

0.5
y = 13.8x + 0.004
Absorbance (Abs)

0.4 R² = 0.9997

0.3

y = 0.5663x + 0.0304
0.2
R² = 0.9971

0.1

0
0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1 0.12 0.14 0.16
Concentration (M)
Chromium (II) Cobalt (II) Linear (Chromium (II)) Linear (Cobalt (II))

Table 4: Absorbance for mixture of chromium (III) and cobalt (II) ions in a solution:

Wavelength (nm) Absorbance (abs)

515 0.710
575 0.371