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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A measure of the [[extinction]] due to [[absorption]] of [[monochromatic radiation]] as it traverses a medium.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Usually expressed as a [[volume absorption coefficient]], ''k''<sub>''v''</sub>, with units of reciprocal length (i.e., area per unit volume), but also as a [[mass absorption coefficient]], ''k''<sub>''m''</sub>, with units of area per unit mass. The two are related by ''k''<sub>''v''</sub> = ρ''k''<sub>''m''</sub>, where ρ is the [[density]] of the absorber. <br/>''See also'' [[absorption optical thickness]].</div><br/> </div> | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A measure of the [[extinction]] due to [[absorption]] of [[monochromatic radiation]] as it traverses a medium.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Usually expressed as a [[volume absorption coefficient]], ''k''<sub>''v''</sub>, with units of reciprocal length (i.e., area per unit volume), but also as a [[mass absorption coefficient]], ''k''<sub>''m''</sub>, with units of area per unit mass. The two are related by ''k''<sub>''v''</sub> = ρ''k''<sub>''m''</sub>, where ρ is the [[density]] of the absorber. <br/>''See also'' [[absorption optical thickness|absorption optical thickness]].</div><br/> </div> | ||
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absorption coefficient[edit | edit source]
Usually expressed as a volume absorption coefficient, kv, with units of reciprocal length (i.e., area per unit volume), but also as a mass absorption coefficient, km, with units of area per unit mass. The two are related by kv = ρkm, where ρ is the density of the absorber.
See also absorption optical thickness.
See also absorption optical thickness.