Transmittance and Extinction Coefficient of Sea and Well-Water in Mombasa County, Kenya

Using a laser transmitter in the range of 200 nm to 1200 nm, transmittance and total extinction coefficients were determined for two different but close related optical media which are ocean water and shallow well water in Mombasa County, in Kenya. The results were interpreted using Lambert-Beer...

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Published inTraektorii͡a︡ nauki : mezhdunarodnyĭ ėlektronnyĭ nauchnyĭ zhurnal Vol. 4; no. 10; pp. 3001 - 3005
Main Authors Mogunde, Charles, Mosiori, Cliff Orori
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Licensor 31.10.2018
Altezoro, s. r. o. Dialog
Subjects
absorption
attenuation
Energy and Environmental Studies
energy radiated
Lambert–Beer’s law
LСC Subject Category: TP155
nanoparticles
Physics
QC450
QD450
scattering
seawater
Lambert-Beer's law
energy radiated
attenuation
nanoparticles
scattering
seawater
absorption
Lambert–Beer’s law
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Summary:Using a laser transmitter in the range of 200 nm to 1200 nm, transmittance and total extinction coefficients were determined for two different but close related optical media which are ocean water and shallow well water in Mombasa County, in Kenya. The results were interpreted using Lambert-Beer's law as applied for very small ranges of concentrations. It was established that the total extinction coefficients for two forms of water showed linearity with values of total extinction coefficients found to be μt = 7.734 (g/ml)^(-1) mm^(-1) and μt = 127.6 mm^(-1) at a wavelength of 638 nm for ocean water and shallow well water respectively.
ISSN:2413-9009
2413-9009
DOI:10.22178/pos.39-4