Why do we produce a "blank" solution (standard number 1) that does not contain any salicylic acid?

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To test if the spectrophotometer is working.

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For practice.

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It will flush out the spectrophotometer.

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So its absorbance can be subtracted from the other solutions absorbance to give the net absorbance due only to the intensity of the coloured iron complex.

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