Talk:Molar absorptivity

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[edit] Absorbance versus absorption

"It is an intrinsic property of the species; the actual absorbance of a sample is dependent on its thickness L and the concentration c of the species."

Should this actually say:?

"It is an intrinsic property of the species; the actual absorption of a sample is dependent on its thickness L and the concentration c of the species."

No, absorbance is fine, because it is a way to quantify absorption, and because the phrase refers to the distinct nature of absorbance and molar absorptivity, two different concepts that are often confused.--Nevermore78 01:29, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thickness?

I've actually never used the term thickness before, should we perhaps use path length instead of thickness? Hmm. Article needs some work. Better put it on my to-do list.GreatMizuti 13:00, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Done 84.92.241.186 14:15, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Units?

Perhaps the units should also be listed on the main page, as is done with all other physics items listed in wiki? Mueschke

[edit] Molar (decadic) absorption coefficient

IUPAC recommends that ε be called the molar (decadic) absorption coefficient. See [1], [2], and especially [3].
— DIV (128.250.204.118 08:20, 7 September 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Convert between ε and E1%

Shouldn't ε and E1% be swapped in the conversion formula? It should rather be E1%=(ε*molecular weight)/10 and not vice versa. Sachoques (talk) 20:24, 4 June 2008 (UTC)