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ANSWER:"e is a measure of the amount of light absorbed per unit concentration".

Molar absorbtivity is a constant for a particular substance, so if the concentration of the solution is halved so is the absorbance, which is exactly what you would expect.The formula for the molar absorptivity is given as followings:

A=ecl

e=A/cl

e = the molar absorptivity

where A is known as the A is known as the absorbance, l measures the length of the solution the light passes through,c is theconcentration of solution in mol /dm^3.

Remember that the absorbance of a solution will vary as the concentration or the size of the container varies. Molar absorptivity compensates for this by dividing by both the concentration and the length of the solution that the light passes through. Essentially, it works out a value for what the absorbance would be under a standard set of conditions - the light travelling 1 cm through a solution of 1 mol dm-3. a

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