Biology 1002B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Chlorophyll, Chloroplast

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Relationship between excited states of a pigment and its absorption, fluorescence emission spectra. Red-orange light (625nm-700nm) shows a good rate of photosynthesis however the best rate of photosynthesis is seen with violet-blue light (400nm-525nm). Red has a higher emission than blue; fluorescence shifted to the longer wavelength because some energy is lost as heat; sub level of excited state. An absorption spectrum is a graph showing the percentage of light absorbed by pigments within the chloroplast, for each wavelength of light. An example is the absorption spectrum of chlorophyll a and b. The best absorption is seen with violet-blue light. There is also good absorption with red-orange light. However most of the green-yellow light is reflected and therefore not absorbed. This wavelength of light shows the least absorption. Region of the electromagnetic spectrum known as visible light . Light absorbs visible light, not uv or radio waves. Green is either transmitted through the pigment or lost as reflected light.

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