Ratio of the absorbed to the incident
radiant power. Also called
absorption factor. When
,
,
where
is the Napierian
absorbance.
Source:
See also:
PAC, 1985, 57, 105
(Names, symbols, definitions and units of quantities in optical spectroscopy (Recommendations
1984))
on page 114
PAC, 1996, 68, 957
(Glossary of terms in quantities and units in Clinical Chemistry (IUPAC-IFCC Recommendations
1996))
on page 959
PAC, 1996, 68, 2223
(Glossary of terms used in photochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996))
on page 2226
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A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
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