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Absorbance is defined as "the logarithm of the ratio of incident to transmitted radiant power through a sample (excluding the effects on cell walls)". [1] Alternatively, for samples which scatter light, absorbance may be defined as "the negative logarithm of one minus absorptance, as measured on a uniform sample". [2]
The SI unit of molar absorption coefficient is the square metre per mole (m 2 /mol), but in practice, quantities are usually expressed in terms of M −1 ⋅cm −1 or L⋅mol −1 ⋅cm −1 (the latter two units are both equal to 0.1 m 2 /mol). In older literature, the cm 2 /mol is sometimes used; 1 M −1 ⋅cm −1 equals 1000 cm 2 /mol.
In physics, the D-region of Earth's ionosphere is known to significantly absorb radio signals that fall within the high-frequency electromagnetic spectrum. In nuclear physics, absorption of nuclear radiations can be used for measuring the fluid levels, densitometry or thickness measurements. [2]
Absorption spectroscopy is performed across the electromagnetic spectrum. Absorption spectroscopy is employed as an analytical chemistry tool to determine the presence of a particular substance in a sample and, in many cases, to quantify the amount of the substance present.
Molar absorptivity, in chemistry, a measurement of how strongly a chemical species absorbs light at a given wavelength; Absorptance, in physics, the fraction of radiation absorbed at a given wavelength; Emissivity § Absorptivity, information on the radiometrical aspect
The process is described by the Einstein coefficient (m 3 J −1 s −2), which gives the probability per unit time per unit energy density of the radiation field per unit frequency that an electron in state 1 with energy will absorb a photon with an energy E 2 − E 1 = hν and jump to state 2 with energy .
Extinction coefficient refers to several different measures of the absorption of light in a medium: Attenuation coefficient, sometimes called "extinction coefficient" in meteorology or climatology Mass extinction coefficient, how strongly a substance absorbs light at a given wavelength, per mass density
where A is the measured absorbance (formally dimensionless but generally reported in absorbance units (AU) [12]), is the intensity of the incident light at a given wavelength, is the transmitted intensity, L the path length through the sample, and c the concentration of the absorbing species.