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HOW MUCH DYE IS IN DRINK? - Spectroscopic quantitative analysis

Charles and Michael, they often go to restaurant to have a drink. Once, they had a sweet peppermint liqueur, which has a typical green color. Suddenly, Michel, looking at the liqueur, got angry, saying: “that is terrible, everywhere are substitutes. I bet that this liqueur, this is the same case. Look at the color. It must be something poisonous inside. Surely, there is more dye inside than allowed. And, it is killing us slowly. We should take some legal action against manufacturer of this killing drink, should not we?

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WHAT DYE IS PRESENT IN DRINK? - Spectroscopic analysis

The company producing certain alcoholic beverage is suspect that they use very cheap, but non legal, dye to color their product. Unfortunately, the non-legal dye can cause, in some cases, health problems and allergic reactions. To protect costumer rights, it is necessary to analyze the beverage and identify the used dyes. On the basis of your analysis, the steps to set the right will be applied and the guilty party will be penalized (if the law is broken).

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