# difference between absorption spectroscopy and extinction spectroscopy [duplicate]

can anyone tell me the difference between absorption spectroscopy and extinction spectroscopy in terms of experiment? and how to get extinction spectroscopy, how to get absorption spectroscopy? Thank you so much.

## marked as duplicate by Curt F., M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ, jerepierre, user15489, ronAug 9 '15 at 20:02

The transmittance $T$ of a material is the ratio between the received intensity of a certain frequency to the transmitted intensity of the same frequency. $$T=I/I_0$$ The absorbance $A$ is defined as the decadic logarithm of the inverse transmittance. $$A=\log_{10}\left(I_0/I\right)=\log_{10}\left(1/T\right)$$
By using Beer-Lambert’s law $$I=I_0\operatorname{e}^{-\varepsilon~c~d}$$ one can calculate the extinction $\varepsilon$ from the measured transmittance/absorbance by $$\varepsilon=\frac{A}{c~d}$$ where $c$ is the concentration of the absorbing material and $d$ is the distance that the light has to travel in that given material.