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EPAISSEUR ECHANTILLON [1 record]

Record 1 1996-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Chemistry
DEF

The distance between internal surfaces of windows of the absorption cell, or the thickness of a homogeneous, isotropic nonmetallic sample with smooth, plane, parallel surfaces. The path length is measured through the cell/sample in the direction of the beam of light which is being absorbed and is expressed in centimetres.

OBS

The term absorption path length is used in spectrophotometry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie analytique
  • Chimie

Spanish

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