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.
A spectrophotometer is an instrument that can pass light of a single wavelength through a solution and measure the amount that passes through. First, the spectrophotometer must be zeroed by passing light of the chosen wavelength (500 nm for example) through a blank containing only the solvent. Then, the same wavelength of light is passed through the solution.