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A solution has an absorbance of \( 0.30 \). Its transmittance is about

  • A.30 per cent
  • B.70 per cent
  • C.3 per cent
  • D.50 per cent

Answer: D

Inverting the logarithmic relation:

\[ T = 10^{-0.30} \approx 0.50 \]

giving about 50 per cent. Thirty per cent would confuse the absorbance's numerical value with a percentage. That 0.3 absorbance is almost exactly half the light is worth remembering, since it is the same 3 dB relationship that appears throughout engineering, expressed in a different unit.

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