Difference between revisions of "Absorption"

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Absorption

Description

When light enters a sample and emerges with an intensity (I), absorption (Abs) is the fraction of the light absorbed by the sample compared with the incident light intensity (I₀): Abs = 1-I/I₀. Absorption can also be expressed as Abs = 1-T, where T is the transmittance.

Abbreviation: Abs

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 |abbr=''Abs''
-|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 light absorbed by the sample compared with the [[incident light]] intensity (''I''<sub>''0''</sub>):  ''Abs'' = 1-''I''/''I''<sub>''0''</sub>.  Absorption can also be expressed as ''Abs'' = 1-''T'', where ''T'' is the [[transmittance]].
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