A chemical system or physical device which determines the number of
photons in a beam integrally or per unit time. This name is commonly applied to devices used
in the
ultraviolet and
visiblewavelength ranges. For example, solutions of iron(III) oxalate can be used as a
chemical actinometer, while bolometers, thermopiles, and photodiodes are physical devices giving a
reading that can be correlated to the number of photons detected.
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2223
(Glossary of terms used in photochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996))
on page 2227
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
