Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The power or capacity of absorption.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Absorptiveness.
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- noun analytical chemistry The constant a in the Beer's law relation A = abc, where A is the absorbance, b the path length, and c the concentration of solution. Also known as absorptive power. Formerly known as absorbency index; absorption constant; extinction coefficient.
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- noun (physics) the property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the body
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Examples
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The absorptivity is the fraction of incident light power that is absorbed by the body/surface.
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Ice has a very high reflectivity and a very low absorptivity in the wavelengths of solar radiation.
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Ice has a very high reflectivity and a very low absorptivity in the wavelengths of solar radiation.
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The hint is that the absorptivity of the glass in the IR is roughly unity as is that of the black cardboard, and therefore their IR emissivity is also unity in the IR by Kirchoff's law.
Eli Rabett and RW Wood EliRabett 2009
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Hycrete Admixtures transform concrete from an open network of capillaries and cracks into an ultra-low absorptivity, waterproof, protective building material.
Waterproof, Recyclable Concrete –Just Add Hycrete | Impact Lab 2007
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The hint is that the absorptivity of the glass in the IR is roughly unity as is that of the black cardboard, and therefore their IR emissivity is also unity in the IR by Kirchoff's law.
Archive 2009-12-01 EliRabett 2009
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This limit of absorptivity is important because some skeptics argue that, between water vapor and CO2, every available ray of IR within the absorption ranges of CO2 is already being absorbed.
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Note that absorptivity and emissivity are properties of objects - they do not imply any particular absorption or emission.
Archive 2008-06-01 EliRabett 2008
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This is independent whether we consider a black or a gray emitter because the special case of the absorptivity equal to unity is included.
Archive 2008-02-01 EliRabett 2008
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It might be that you have recently recognized that absorptivity, emissivity and scattering is dependent on the wavelenght.
Archive 2008-02-01 EliRabett 2008
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