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#Unit 13. Methods in Biology
From the four possible transitions (n!p*, p!p*, n!s*, s!s*), only two can be elicited with light from the UV/Vis spectrum for some biological molecules: n!p* and p!p*. The n!s* and s!s* transitions are
energetically not within the range of UV/Vis spectroscopy and require higher energies.