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  2. Molar absorption coefficient - Wikipedia

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    In biochemistry, the molar absorption coefficient of a protein at 280 nm depends almost exclusively on the number of aromatic residues, particularly tryptophan, and can be predicted from the sequence of amino acids. [6] Similarly, the molar absorption coefficient of nucleic acids at 260 nm can be predicted given the nucleotide sequence.

  3. Absorption (electromagnetic radiation) - Wikipedia

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    The mass attenuation coefficient (also called "mass extinction coefficient"), which is the absorption coefficient divided by density; The absorption cross section and scattering cross-section, related closely to the absorption and attenuation coefficients, respectively "Extinction" in astronomy, which is equivalent to the attenuation coefficient

  4. Attenuation coefficient - Wikipedia

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    The absorption coefficient of a volume, denoted μ a, and the scattering coefficient of a volume, denoted μ s, are defined the same way as the attenuation coefficient. [ 6 ] The attenuation coefficient of a volume is the sum of absorption coefficient and scattering coefficients: [ 6 ]

  5. Mathematical descriptions of opacity - Wikipedia

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    absorption coefficient is essentially (but not quite always) synonymous with attenuation coefficient; see attenuation coefficient for details; molar absorption coefficient or molar extinction coefficient , also called molar absorptivity , is the attenuation coefficient divided by molarity (and usually multiplied by ln(10), i.e., decadic); see ...

  6. Schwarzschild's equation for radiative transfer - Wikipedia

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    The absorption coefficient is fundamentally the product of a quantity of absorbers per unit volume, [cm −3], times an efficiency of absorption (area/absorber, [cm 2]). Several sources [2] [12] [3] replace nσ λ with k λ r, where k λ is the absorption coefficient per unit density and r is the density of the gas.

  7. Absorption spectroscopy - Wikipedia

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    An absorption spectrum can be quantitatively related to the amount of material present using the Beer–Lambert law. Determining the absolute concentration of a compound requires knowledge of the compound's absorption coefficient. The absorption coefficient for some compounds is available from reference sources, and it can also be determined by ...

  8. Einstein coefficients - Wikipedia

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    In atomic, molecular, and optical physics, the Einstein coefficients are quantities describing the probability of absorption or emission of a photon by an atom or molecule. [1] The Einstein A coefficients are related to the rate of spontaneous emission of light, and the Einstein B coefficients are related to the absorption and stimulated ...

  9. Beer–Lambert law - Wikipedia

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    Thus a scattering coefficient μ s and an absorption coefficient μ a can be combined into a total extinction coefficient μ = μ s + μ a. [ 6 ] Importantly, Beer also seems to have conceptualized his result in terms of a given thickness' opacity, writing "If λ is the coefficient (fraction) of diminution, then this coefficient (fraction) will ...