mass absorption coefficient

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mass absorption coefficient

[′mas əb′sȯrp·shən ‚kō·i‚fish·ənt]

(physics)

The linear absorption coefficient divided by the density of the medium.

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At bulk density, a value typical in this experiment for the mass absorption coefficient 1000 [cm.

5,4] transition is a too large (measured from the base) and the mass absorption coefficient decreases somewhat too rapidly past the [M.

Reference [9] reports a measurement of the mass absorption coefficient of thin film Ta samples at 1486.

Mass absorption coefficient of tungsten and tantalum, 1450 eV to 2350 eV: experiment, theory and application

The uncertainty in the quantitative data also results from the choice of the mass absorption coefficients to be used for the calculation of the f([chi]) absorption correction factor.