English Explanatory Dictionary

Grotthuss-Draper law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The principle stating that only that light which is absorbed by a system can bring about a photochemical change.

Word forms

Grotthuss-Draper law the Grotthuss-Draper law

Etymology

Proposed in 1817 by Theodor Grotthuss and in 1842, independently, by John William Draper.

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