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Revision as of 14:18, 21 November 2011


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Absorbance

Description

Also known as attenuation, absorbance (A) is a measure of the difference between the incident light intensity (I0) and the intensity of light emerging from a sample (I). It is defined as:

A = log (I0/I)

Abbreviation: A


MitoPedia methods: Fluorometry, Spectrophotometry