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The attenuation coefficient is a quantity that characterizes how easily a material or medium can be penetrated by a beam of light, sound, particles, or other energy or matter. A large attenuation coefficient means that the beam is quickly "attenuated" (weakened) as it passes through the medium, and a small attenuation coefficient means that the medium is relatively transparent to the beam. The Attenuation Coefficient is also called linear attenuation coefficient, narrow beam attenuation coefficient, or absorption coefficient. |
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qkdv:A0E0L-1I0M0H0T0D0 |
qudt:informativeReference |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attenuation_coefficient |
qudt:latexDefinition |
\(F(x) = Ae^{-\alpha x} \cos{[\beta (x - x_0)]}\), then \(\alpha\) is the attenuation coefficient and \(\beta\) is the phase coefficient. |
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\(\alpha\) |
qudt:plainTextDescription |
“The attenuation coefficient is a quantity that characterizes how easily a material or medium can be penetrated by a beam of light, sound, particles, or other energy or matter. A large attenuation coefficient means that the beam is quickly "attenuated" (weakened) as it passes through the medium, and a small attenuation coefficient means that the medium is relatively transparent to the beam. The Attenuation Coefficient is also called linear attenuation coefficient, narrow beam attenuation coefficient, or absorption coefficient.” |
qudt:wikidataMatch |
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q902086 |
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“Applicable units are those of quantitykind:AttenuationCoefficient” |
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http://qudt.org/3.1.10/vocab/quantitykind |
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“Attenuation Coefficient”@en |
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“belongs to SOQ-ISO” |
