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|description=When light enters a sample and emerges with an intensity ''I'', '''absorption''' (''Abs'') is the fraction of the | |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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Latest revision as of 13:11, 27 March 2012
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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
MitoPedia methods:
Spectrophotometry
