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saturnblack
Jan 13, 2010, 04:43 PM
Need the formula describing the relationship between absorbance and %T?

InfoJunkie4Life
Jan 13, 2010, 10:26 PM
A = 2 - log_{10} %T

Say input is 1 the output is going to be a fraction of the input if there is any absorption, thus %T. The amount of absorption is given by the above equation. When A = 0; %T = 100. However when we look at the graph there is a vertical line at %T = 0, which means A would be infinite.

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InfoJunkie4Life
Jan 13, 2010, 10:27 PM
By input I mean a light ray passing through something.