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Search Results for: spectrophotometer
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