Absorbance Index is measure of the attenuation (reduction in force, effect or value of something) caused by absorption of energy (light) per unit of distance that occurs in an electromagnetic wave of given wavelength propagating in a material medium (smoke) of given refractive index, which can be used to characterise the concentration of particulates in smoke or an aerosol.1
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