Title: Mössbauer thickness
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - Mössbauer thickness
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.M04034
Status: current

Definition
The effective thickness of a source (\(t_{s}\)) or absorber (\(t_{a}\)) in the optical path.

Related Term
- absorber: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/A00034

Source
- PAC, 1976, 45, 211. 'Nomenclature and Conventions for Reporting Mössbauer Spectroscopic Data' on page 214 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac197645030211)

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Citation: Citation: 'Mössbauer thickness' 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.M04034
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