extinction coefficient

collocation in English

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extinction
noun[U]
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/ɪkˈstɪŋk.ʃən/us
/ɪkˈstɪŋk.ʃən/
a situation in which something no ...
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coefficient
noun[C]
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/ˌkəʊ.ɪˈfɪʃ.ənt/us
/ˌkoʊ.ɪˈfɪʃ.ənt/
a value, in mathematics, that appears in front of and multiplies ...
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The canopyextinctioncoefficient(k) was assigned a value of 0.6 for all genotypes.
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Growth in these treatments after the rains resulted in anextinctioncoefficientmore similar to those in the irrigated treatments.
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Where k is known as the 'extinctioncoefficient', the value of which depends on leaf angle and size distribution within the crop canopy.
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Raman lidar is used in atmospheric physics to measure the atmosphericextinctioncoefficientand the water vapour vertical distribution.
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A more accurateextinctioncoefficientmay be needed for oligonucleotides; these can be predicted using the nearest-neighbor model.
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The imaginary part is called theextinctioncoefficient.
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That is, they should have a highextinctioncoefficientand a high quantum yield.
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Theextinctioncoefficientis derived from the amount of light lost in the air.
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The term is the decrement of the real part of the refractive index, and the imaginary part describes the absorption index orextinctioncoefficient.
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For each species and wavelength, is a constant known as the molar absorptivity orextinctioncoefficient.
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As theextinctioncoefficientdecreases, the coupling constant decreases, influencing the angle to increase.
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The mass attenuation coefficient is also called mass absorption coefficient or massextinctioncoefficient.
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The amount of light scattered by particles in the air and received by the receiver determines theextinctioncoefficient.
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Theextinctioncoefficientof the dye is 5700.
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For instance, the chemical makeup and physical environment of the sample can alter itsextinctioncoefficient.
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They have reduced chloride sensitivity, faster maturation, and increased brightness (defined as the product of theextinctioncoefficientand quantum yield).
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A narrow field of view receiver at the designated measurement distance determines how much energy is arriving at the detector, and determines the path transmission and/orextinctioncoefficient.
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The massextinctioncoefficientcan be either.
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This can be taken from references (tables of molar extinction coefficients), or more accurately, determined from a calibration curve.
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