nephelometry

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Scope note
A technique for studying turbidity which records the decrease in intensity of a light beam resulting from its passage through a suspension of particles. A detector, the nephelometer, measures the scattered light and may thus indirectly measure the size and concentration of particles in the suspension.
nephelometry
Accepted term: 13-Jan-2025