14031 IUPAC Gold Book - phase function 10.1351/goldbook.14031 14031 current 1 Distribution function representing the fraction of photons scattered from any direction \(\mathit{\Omega}'\) into the direction \(\mathit{\Omega}\) under consideration in the radiative transfer equation (RTE). Dimension one. radiative transfer equation https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/14077 PAC, 2011, 83, 931. 'Glossary of terms used in photocatalysis and radiation catalysis (IUPAC Recommendations 2011)' on page 963 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-09-09-36) https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/14031/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/14031/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/14031/plain Citation: 'phase function' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.14031 The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) for individual terms. If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org . The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using. 2026-05-07T00:06:01+00:00