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|description=When light enters a sample and emerges with an intensity ''I'', '''absorption''' (''Abs'') is the fraction of the intensity of absorbed by the sample compared with the incident light intensity (''I''<sub>''0''</sub>): ''Abs'' = (1-''I''/''I''<sub>''0''</sub>) or 1-''T'', the [[transmittance]]. | |description=When light enters a sample and emerges with an intensity ''I'', '''absorption''' (''Abs'') is the fraction of the intensity of absorbed by the sample compared with the [[incident light]] intensity (''I''<sub>''0''</sub>): ''Abs'' = (1-''I''/''I''<sub>''0''</sub>) or 1-''T'', the [[transmittance]]. | ||
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Revision as of 18:41, 26 March 2012
Description
When light enters a sample and emerges with an intensity I, absorption (Abs) is the fraction of the intensity of absorbed by the sample compared with the incident light intensity (I0): Abs = (1-I/I0) or 1-T, the transmittance.
Abbreviation: Abs
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Spectrophotometry