Names, symbols, definitions and units of quantities in optical spectroscopy (Recommendations 1984)
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Article Names, symbols, definitions and units of quantities in optical spectroscopy (Recommendations 1984) was published on January 1, 1985 in the journal Pure and Applied Chemistry (volume 57, issue 1).
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Absorption coefficient derivations may assume different logarithmic bases, and readers should verify the logarithmic base assumed in literature.
“Some communities, especially in chemistry, commonly use the decadic logarithm by convention [62, 63]. Readers are advised to verify the logarithmic base assumed in absorption coefficient derivations, as it may not always be explicitly stated in literature.”
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- Authors
- Sheppard, N., Willis, H. A., & Rigg, J. C.
- Affiliations
- University of East Anglia (GB)
- ORCID
- Willis, H. A.
- Venue
- Pure and Applied Chemistry
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Published
- 1985-01-01
- Volume
- 57
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 105-120
- ISSN
- 0033-4545 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-3075
- OpenAlex
- W2060141347
- Cited by
- 44
- References
- 6
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 3
- FWCI
- 0.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Pure and Applied Chemistry (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Scientific Measurement and Uncertainty Evaluation
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Organic Chemistry › Chemistry and Stereochemistry Studies
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Analytical Chemistry › Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses
- Keywords
- optical spectroscopy, nomenclature, symbols, definitions
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