Measurement of integrated absorption cross-section, oscillator strength and number density of caffeine in coffee beans by integrated absorption coefficient technique

Abstract

Integrated absorption cross-section and oscillator strength of caffeine in water and dichloromethane were reported by UV–Vis spectrometer in the wave number regions of 20,000–39,062 cm −1 at room temperature. The integrated absorption cross-section of caffeine in water and dichloromethane in these wave number regions were (4.44 ± 0.18) × 10 7 and (4.32 ± 0.11) × 10 7 L mol −1 cm −2, respectively. The corresponding calculated value for oscillator strength of caffeine in water and dichloromethane were 0.19 ± 0.01 and 0.18 ± 0.01, respectively. In addition number densities of caffeine in different coffee beans were reported using integrating absorption coefficient technique. The calculated number density of caffeine for different coffee varieties were varying from (3.53–4.76) × 10 −5 mol L −1. The new applied technique has an advantage over other techniques in that it provides additional information about the nature of the absorbing molecules and establishes accurate evaluation of the UV–Vis absorption intensity.