Specular reflection

Reflection, specular

Description

A type of reflection in which the reflection angle of a beam is equal to the incident angle. Specular reflection occurs on highly reflective, flat surfaces, such as a mirror, glass, or water. Specular reflectance is the measured quantity of speculary reflected light.

Synonyms and Related Terms

spiegelnde Reflexion (Deut.); imagen especular (Esp.); réflexion spéculaire (Fr.); specular reflectance; mirror-like reflection;

Resources and Citations

• Walter C. McCrone, John Gustave Delly, The Particle Atlas, W. McCrone Associates, Chicago, IV, 1972

• M.Derrick, D.Stulik, J.Landry, Infrared Spectroscopy in Conservation Science, in Scientific Tools for Conservation series, Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, 1999

• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specular_reflection (Accessed Sept. 20, 2005)