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Absorption coefficient

A measure of the extinction due to absorption of monochromatic radiation as it traverses a medium.
Usually expressed as a volume absorption coefficient, k_v, with units of reciprocal length (i.e., area per unit volume), but also as a mass absorption coefficient, k_m, with units of area per unit mass. The two are related by k_v = ρk_m, where ρ is the density of the absorber.
See also absorption optical thickness.

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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> = &#x003c1;''k''<sub>''m''</sub>, where &#x003c1; is the [[density]] of the absorber. <br/>''See also'' [[absorption  optical thickness]].</div><br/> </div>
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+A measure of the [[extinction]] due to [[absorption]] of [[monochromatic radiation]]  as it traverses a medium.<br/> 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> = &#x003c1;''k''<sub>''m''</sub>, where &#x003c1; is the [[density]] of the absorber. <br/>''See also'' [[absorption  optical thickness]].
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