Extinction coefficient
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Extinction coefficient refers to several different measures of the absorption of light in a medium: *Attenuation coefficient, sometimes called "extinction coefficient" in meteorology or climatology **Mass extinction coefficient, how strongly a substance absorbs light at a given wavelength, per mass density **Molar extinction coefficient, how strongly a substance absorbs light at a given wavelength, per molar concentration *Optical extinction coefficient, the imaginary part of the complex index of refraction
Extinction coefficient refers to several different measures of the absorption of light in a medium: Attenuation coefficient, sometimes called "extinction coefficient" in meteorology or climatology Mass extinction coefficient, how strongly a substance absorbs light at a given wavelength, per mass density Molar extinction coefficient, how strongly a substance absorbs light at a given wavelength, per molar concentration Optical extinction coefficient, the imaginary part of the complex index of refraction
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For the quantitative relationship between the chemistry and physics definitions, see Mathematical descriptions of opacity de:Extinktionskoeffizient fr:Absorptivité molaire
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