Beer-Lambert law

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf physical phenomenon
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Beer’s_law
gptkb:Beer-Lambert-Bouguer_law
gptkbp:appliesTo absorption spectroscopy
gptkbp:assumes monochromatic light
homogeneous medium
gptkbp:category gptkb:optics
analytical chemistry
gptkbp:describes attenuation of light
gptkbp:explains relationship between absorbance and concentration
gptkbp:expressedIn A = εlc
gptkbp:form A = log10(I0/I)
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:August_Beer
gptkb:Pierre_Bouguer
gptkb:Johann_Heinrich_Lambert
18th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Beer-Lambert law
gptkbp:limitation chemical interactions
deviations at high concentrations
scattering of light
gptkbp:relatedTo optical density
spectrophotometry
transmittance
gptkbp:usedIn biochemistry
chemistry
environmental science
physics
gptkbp:variant A (absorbance)
c (concentration)
l (path length)
ε (molar absorptivity)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Physics
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4