I'm having trouble finding info on Jobs method of continuous variation because entering the word job into google yields results about jobs crazily enough.
So what I think I know about Jobs method is that it is a method of determining the stoichiometry of a reaction by preparing a series of solutions with varying concentrations of each reactant but the combined number of moles of reactants being equal among every solution. What I don't understand is the spectrophotometry part. Using the binding of Cu2+ ions to EDTA ligands as an example from what I read the concentration of the product (Cu/EDTA complex) is then determined using a spectrophotometer. I can see that the maximum amount of product will be formed in the solution whos mole fraction is closest to the actual stoichiometric ratio but wouldn't the unreacted Cu2+ and EDTA in all the other solutions influence the absorbance recorded by the spectrophotometer?