Black cloth absorbs light.

Black paper absorbs light.

This is actually a picture of the spectrum of the Sun.

The x ray absorption spectroscopist's periodic table

Absorption

So suppose we have an object over here and the object emits light in all directions.

A higher number says your transmitting a lot.

So absorbance right here.

In theory, you could fully simulate the world around you.

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Cotton absorbs water.

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Rugs absorb sound.

The large intestine absorbs water.

Well, that's a special plant organelle inside the leaves of plants called a chloroplast.

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We use far red light, but even that's a problem because it gets absorbed so quickly.

This paper has very good absorption.

When a tree's done using its leaves its solar collectors, these amazing molecular photon capturing devices at the end of a season, it doesn't pack them up, take them to the leaf reprocessing center and have them melted down to form new leaves.

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Phosphor

So let's say there's some unknown concentration, and you figure out its absorbance is right over here.

So let me write down M for molar.

Phosphor

Some of this light, at certain frequencies, is going to be absorbed by our little molecules inside the beaker.

look. So, a diffuse term is fine.

The point here is that we want to know how much light is coming from each direction.

This cloth absorbs water well.

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Sound absorbing material is called acoustic material.

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Here is another example of something which is this is a little spectrophotometer.

So once again, it's going to bump into more molecules and more of it will be absorbed.

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These pajamas absorb sweat well.

The un digestive food reaches the Ileo cecal valve and enters the large intestine or colon.

If we continue like this it'll be an operational crisis.

Generally you want to focus on the frequencies that this is the best at absorbing.

And you measure its absorbance, and you just get some number here.

let's say 0.2 molar.

Phthalates are horrible because they're so easily taken into our bodies.