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Specific absorption coefficient

Definition noun A factor that measures the absorbance of light per unit of path length (of the spectrophotometer cuvette,... Read More

Absorbance

Definition noun (analytical chemistry) A logarithmic measure of the amount of light absorbed (at particular wavelength) as... Read More

Optical density

Definition noun (1) The measure of transmittance of an optical medium for a given wavelength. The higher the OD the lower... Read More

Molar extinction coefficient

Definition noun (spectrophotometry) The measure of how strongly a substance absorbs light at a particular wavelength, and is... Read More

Erwin Chargaff

Quick Info (person) A biochemist known for his proposed Chargaff's rules that led to the discovery of the double helical... Read More