Title: wavelength error
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - wavelength error
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.W06663
Status: current

Definition
The error in absorbance which may occur if there is a difference between the (mean) wavelength of the radiation entering the sample cell and the indicated wavelength on the spectrometer scale.

Related Terms
- absorbance: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/A00028
- spectrometer: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/S05837
- wavelength: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/W06659

Source
- PAC, 1988, 60, 1449. 'Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis - VII. Molecular absorption spectroscopy, ultraviolet and visible (UV/VIS) (Recommendations 1988)' on page 1456 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac198860091449)

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Citation: Citation: 'wavelength error' 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.W06663
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