{"title":"Understanding the Limits of the Bouguer-Beer-Lambert Law","authors":"T. Mayerhöfer, S. Pahlow, Juergen Popp","doi":"10.56530/spectroscopy.iq2368r9","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The Bouguer-Beer-Lambert law is frequently applied in spectroscopy and spectrophotometry. Often it is assumed that it accurately describes the observed changes induced by light-matter interactions and properly reflects the physical phenomena at play. For most cases, however, this is not true, and issues can arise when the Bouguer-Beer-Lambert law is applied uncritically. In this short article, we will comment on its fundamental limits and their physical background.","PeriodicalId":21957,"journal":{"name":"Spectroscopy","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8000,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Spectroscopy","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.56530/spectroscopy.iq2368r9","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"SPECTROSCOPY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The Bouguer-Beer-Lambert law is frequently applied in spectroscopy and spectrophotometry. Often it is assumed that it accurately describes the observed changes induced by light-matter interactions and properly reflects the physical phenomena at play. For most cases, however, this is not true, and issues can arise when the Bouguer-Beer-Lambert law is applied uncritically. In this short article, we will comment on its fundamental limits and their physical background.
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