`quantitykind:LinearAbsorptionCoefficient`

http://qudt.org/vocab/quantitykind/LinearAbsorptionCoefficient

Predicate	Object
`rdf:type`	`qudt:QuantityKind`
`dcterms:description`	“The Linear Absorption 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.”
`qudt:applicableUnit`	`unit:PER-KiloM` `unit:PER-M` `unit:PER-MicroM` `unit:PER-MilliM` `unit:PER-NanoM` `unit:PER-PicoM`
`qudt:hasDimensionVector`	`qkdv:A0E0L-1I0M0H0T0D0`
`qudt:informativeReference`	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attenuation_coefficient
`qudt:latexDefinition`	\(\alpha(\lambda) = \frac{1}{\Phi_\lambda(\lambda)}\frac{d\Phi_\lambda(\lambda)}{dl}\), where \(\frac{d\Phi}{\Phi}\) is the relative decrease, caused by absorption, in the spectral radiant flux \(\Phi\) of a collimated beam of electromagnetic radiation corresponding to the wavelength \(\lambda\) during traversal of an infinitesimal layer of a medium and \(dl\) is the length traversed.
`qudt:latexSymbol`	\(\mu\)
`qudt:plainTextDescription`	“The Linear Absorption 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.”
`qudt:wikidataMatch`	http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q86204782
`rdfs:comment`	“Applicable units are those of quantitykind:LinearAbsorptionCoefficient”
`rdfs:isDefinedBy`	http://qudt.org/3.1.11/vocab/quantitykind
`rdfs:label`	“Linear Absorption Coefficient”@en

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