TRANSPORTATION AND GLOBAL WARMING. Because of its near-total dependence on petroleum fuels, the U.S. transportation sector is responsible for about a third of our countryâs climate-changing emissions. Globally, about 15 percent of manmade carbon dioxide comes from cars, trucks, airplanes, ships and other vehicles. Reducing transportation emissions is one of the most vital steps in fighting global warming â and solutions to the transportation problem are already available.
spectro-. 1. a combining form representing spectrum, in compound words: spectrometer. British Dictionary definitions for spectro-. spectro-. combining form.
Spectrophotometer A spectrophotometer is an instrument that measures the amount of light that can pass through a solution. It is apparent that less light is allowed to pass through a highly turbid or colored solution than through a clear solution. Spectrophotometer is the device that can quantify the amount of light transmitted through solutions. Inside a spectrophotometer, light is focused through a lens system to an entrance slit.