Although flux is generally used in the sense of the '
rate of transfer of fluid, particles or energy across a given surface,' the
radiant energy flux has been adopted by IUPAC as equivalent to
radiant power,
.
(
,
simplified expression:
when the
radiant energy,
, is constant over the time considered). In
photochemistry,
is reserved for
quantum yield.
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2223
(Glossary of terms used in photochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996))
on page 2268
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A.Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
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