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Offline autopsy

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Photons absorption
« on: September 13, 2007, 12:10:37 PM »
This may be an incredibly easy question, but I have been unable to find the answer. When your measuring percent transmittance, where do the photons go when they are absorbed by the solution?
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Re: Photons absorption
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2007, 12:32:54 PM »
The energy of the absorbed photons go into promoting an electron into an excited state.
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