Absorption coefficient


a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation, as light, as it p-sses through a given substance.

absorption coefficient n.

the milliliters of a gas at standard temperature and pressure that will saturate 100 milliters of liquid.

the amount of light absorbed in 1 atom or in 1 unit of thickness or m-ss of a given substance.

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