Beer-Lambert-Bouguer Law
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Physical Law
The fraction of incident light absorbed by a thin layer of translucent material is proportional to the thickness of the layer.
Also known as
The Beer-Lambert-Bouguer Law is also known as:
Source of Name
This entry was named for August Beer, Johann Heinrich Lambert and Pierre Bouguer.
Sources
- 1972: George F. Simmons: Differential Equations ... (previous) ... (next): $1$: The Nature of Differential Equations: $\S 4$: Growth, Decay and Chemical Reactions: Problem $6$