Dependence of the steepness of the exponential absorption tail on the chemical composition of materials

The quantity characterizing the steepness of the exponential tail of the fundamental absorption edge is studied. It is shown, that the magnitude of of binary compounds can be roughly estimated from their chemical composition in a way described in this paper.Boní II, Praha 4, Czechoslovakia.The author thanks Ing. D. Leal, CSc for his valuable discussions concerning this work.