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Definition of Coefficient of absorption
1. Noun. A measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber. "Absorptance equals 1 minus transmittance"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coefficient Of Absorption
Literary usage of Coefficient of absorption
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities: Inorganic by Arthur Messinger Comey, Dorothy Anna Hahn (1921)
"1= coefficient of absorption of SO2 in the given salt solution at 35°. lo=
coefficient of absorption of SO. in water at 35°= 22.43. ..."
2. A Text-book of Human Physiology: Including Histology and Microscopical by Leonard Landois, Albert Philson Brubaker (1905)
"The coefficient of absorption represents that volume of gas that is absorbed by
i volume-unit of a fluid at a given pressure and temperature. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"The absorptive power of a substance, or its coefficient of absorption, is the
ratio of the quantity of heat absorbed to the quantity of heat which is ..."
4. A Treatise on Light by Robert Alexander Houstoun (1915)
"This specific inductive capacity was written (v - i*)2, where v was the index of
refraction and K the coefficient of absorption of the medium ..."
5. American Journal of Roentgenology by American Radium Society (1921)
"The coefficient of absorption is the important factor which identifies radiation.
The numerical value depends on the quality of the radiation and on the ..."
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