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Absorptivity
/æbˌsɔɹpˈtɪvə.ti/
The quality of being absorptive; absorptiveness.
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noun
- 1
The quality of being absorptive; absorptiveness.
- 2
The fraction of radiation absorbed by a surface to the total radiation incident on the surface.
- 3
The constant a in the Beer's law relation A = abc, where A is the absorbance, b the path length, and c the concentration of solution. Also known as absorptive power. Formerly known as absorbency index; absorption constant; extinction coefficient.
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