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What is Photon flux, chemical actinometer?

Also known as: photon flux · chemical actinometer

Definition 14.1 University Chemistry — Year 3 · Chapter 14 — Photochemistry

The photon flux of a light source is the number of photons it delivers per unit time, often counted in moles of photons (einstein) per second. A chemical actinometer is a photochemical reaction of accurately known quantum yield used to measure a photon flux.

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