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Homework Statement
I am trying to understand a formula on a paper. On page 3138-3139 they express the Beer-Lamberts law in which they replace the concentration n with an equation involving the volume ratio ( I am guessing its the molarfraction of the investigated species). What I would like to know is the unit of Boltzmann constant kb to make this happen. I don't see how the units can fit.
Homework Equations
[tex]\frac{cp}{kT}[/tex]
where c is the volume part (volume ratio) of the absorbing gas in the gas mixture, T is the temperature of the gas, k is the Boltzmann constant (unit?), p is pressure in [atm].
The Attempt at a Solution
This equation should fit to Beer law,
exp( - alpha(v)*n*l ) = exp (- tau )
where tau is unitless and alpha(v) is specific absorption coefficient per
absorbing particle and is caluclated with help of Hitran by alpha(v) = S(T)*g(v-vo) [ unit: 1/(molecule cm-2) ] and l is path length of radiation through the absorbing medium [ unit: cm ].
It's the unit of n I am trying to determine, and thus Boltzmann constant.
According to above it should be [molecules cm-3] so that tau becomes unitless.
What I know the unit if Kb is 0.659 cm-1 K-1. And there is the [ atm ] from the pressure I am missing and [ molecules ]. If c is a fraction this is unitless, so I don't see how this can go together.
This has been taken from this paper: http://iopscience.iop.org.ludwig.lub.lu.se/0022-3727/35/23/315/pdf/0022-3727_35_23_315.pdf
"Experimental verification of gas spectra calculated for high temperatures using the
HITRAN/HITEMP database"
My goal is to plot the transmission as function of % of the species.
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