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What is the difference between absorbance and absorbency?

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Answer:absorbance is a measure of the capacity of a substance to absorb light of a specified wavelength. It is equal to the logarithm of the reciprocal of the transmittance.

Explanation: but absorbency is the action of absorbing. the quality of being absorbent

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absorbance percentage of the passage of lightthrough a liquid; degree to whichsomething is absorbed
absorbency
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