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Optical depth - absorbance

Description

In chemistry, a closely related quantity called “absorbance” or “decadic absorbance” is used instead of optical depth: the common logarithm of the ratio of incident to transmitted radiant power through a material, that is the optical depth divided by ln 10.

Related formulas

Variables

τoptical depth of a material (dimensionless) (dimensionless)
Aabsorbance (dimensionless)