Title: characteristic mass for peak absorption
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - characteristic mass for peak absorption
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.C00979
Status: current
Index: quantity

Definition
That mass of analyte which produces a defined peak absorbance of 0.0044 (or 1% absorbance).

Related Term
- absorbance: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/A00028

Source
- PAC, 1992, 64, 253. 'Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis - XII. Terms related to electrothermal atomization (IUPAC Recommendations 1992)' on page 258 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199264020253)

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Citation: Citation: 'characteristic mass for peak absorption' 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.C00979
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