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Absorbance

Aλ=-log10(IinIthru)
(Iin)Intensity Incident
(Ithru)Intensity Passing Through

In spectroscopy, absorbance (also called optical density) is the logarithmic ratio of radiation falling upon a material, to the radiation transmitted through the material. In physics, this means the fraction of radiation absorbed at a specific wavelength.