Optical properties

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Description

A general term used to incorporate the visual descriptive properties of a material. Optical properties include birefringence, refractive index. reflectance, optical density and brightness.

Resources and Citations

  • Hoechst Celanese Corporation, Dictionary of Fiber & Textile Technology (older version called Man-made Fiber and Textile Dictionary, 1965), Hoechst Celanese Corporation, Charlotte NC, 1990
  • Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997