Refractive index
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Refractive Index of materials info
Refractive index database webpage
Common material refractive index table
Refractive Index of Various Substances
Mounting Media
- Water 1.33
- Glycerol 1.47 (Glycerol based mountants might contain 50-90% glycerol in water...)
- Fluoromount G about 1.40
- Vectashield 1.457
- Mowiol Wet 1.4 ish
- Mowiol dry/Set close to, bit lower than glass.
- Prolong Gold
- Wet 1.39
- 2 days about 1,43
- fully set after a couple of weeks 1.47
- Zeiss F oil 1.515
- Zeiss W oil 1.33
Other Common Liquids
Acetone 1.36 Alcohol, Ethyl (grain) 1.36 Alcohol, Methyl (wood) 1.329 Beer 1.345 Carbonated Beverages 1.34 - 1.356 Fruit Juice Chlorine (liq) 1.385 Cranberry Juice (25%) 1.351 Glycerin 1.473 Honey, 13% water content 1.504 Honey, 17% water content 1.494 Honey, 21% water content 1.484 Ice 1.309 Milk 1.35 Oil, Clove 1.535 Oil, Lemon 1.481 Oil, Neroli 1.482 Oil, Orange 1.473 Oil, Safflower 1.466 Oil, vegetable (50° C) 1.47 Oil of Wintergreen 1.536 Rum, White 1.361 Shampoo 1.362 Sugar Solution 30% 1.38 Sugar Solution 80% 1.49 Turpentine 1.472 Vodka 1.363 Water (0° C) 1.33346 Water (100° C) 1.31766 Water (20° C) 1.33283 Whisky 1.356
Common Transparent Materials
Eye, Aqueous humor 1.33 Eye, Cornea 1.38 Eye, Lens 1.41 Eye, Vitreous humor 1.34 Glass, Arsenic Trisulfide 2.04 Glass, Crown (common) 1.52 Glass, Flint, 29% lead 1.569 Glass, Flint, 55% lead 1.669 Glass, Flint, 71% lead 1.805 Glass, Fused Silica 1.459 Glass, Pyrex 1.474 Lucite 1.495 Nylon 1.53 Obsidian 1.50 Plastic 1.460 - 1.55 Plexiglas 1.488 Salt 1.516
Gemstones
Agate 1.544 - 1.553 Alexandrite 1.746 - 1.755 Almandine 1.75 - 1.83 Amber 1.539 - 1.545 Amethyst 1.532 - 1.554 Ammolite 1.52 -1.68 Andalusite 1.629 - 1.650 Apatite 1.632 - 1.42 Aquamarine 1.567-1.590 Axenite 1.674 - 1.704 Beryl 1.57 - 1.60 Beryl, Red 1.570 - 1.598 Chalcedony 1.544 - 1.553 Chrome Tourmaline, 1.61 - 1.64 Citrine 1.532 - 1.554 Clinohumite 1.625 - 1.675 Coral 1.486 - 1.658 Crystal 2.000 Crysoberyl, Catseye 1.746 - 1.755 Danburite 1.627 - 1.641 Diamond 2.417 Emerald 1.560 - 1.605 Emerald Catseye 1.560 - 1.605 Flourite 1.434 Garnet, Grossular 1.72 - 1.80 Garnet, Andradite 1.88 - 1.94 Garnet, Demantiod 1.880 - 1.9 Garnet, Mandarin 1.790 - 1.8 Garnet, Pyrope 1.73 - 1.76 Garnet, Rhodolite 1.740 - 1.770 Garnet, Tsavorite 1.739 - 1.744 Garnet, Uvarovite 1.74 - 1.87 Hauyn 1.490 - 1.505 Iolite 1.522 - 1.578 Jade, Jadeite 1.64 - 1.667 Jade, Nephrite 1.600 - 1.641 Jet 1.660 Kunzite 1.660 - 1.676 Labradorite 1.560 - 1.572 Lapis Lazuli 1.50 - 1.55 Moonstone 1.518 - 1.526 Morganite 1.585 - 1.594 Obsidian 1.50 Opal, Black 1.440 - 1.460 Opal, Fire 1.430 - 1.460 Opal, White 1.440 - 1.460 Oregon Sunstone 1.560 - 1.572 Padparadja 1.760 - 1.773 Pearl 1.53 - 1.69 Peridot 1.635 - 1.690 Quartz 1.544 - 1.553 Ruby 1.757 - 1.779 Sapphire 1.757 - 1.779 Sapphire, Star 1.760 - 1.773 Spessarite 1.79 - 1.81 Spinel 1.712 - 1.717 Spinel, Blue 1.712 - 1.747 Spinel, Red 1.708 - 1.735 Star Ruby 1.76 - 1.773 Tanzanite 1.690-1.7 Tanzanite 1.692 - 1.700 Topaz 1.607 - 1.627 Topaz, Imperial 1.605-1.640 Tourmaline 1.603 - 1.655 Tourmaline, Blue 1.61 - 1.64 Tourmaline, Catseye 1.61 - 1.64 Tourmaline, Green 1.61 - 1.64 Tourmaline, Paraiba 1.61 - 1.65 Tourmaline, Red 1.61 - 1.64 Zircon 1.777 - 1.987 Zirconia, Cubic 2.173 - 2.21
Metals
Aluminum 1.39 Copper 2.43 Gold 0.47 Mylar 1.65 Nickel 1.08 Platinum 2.33 Silver 1.35 Titanium 2.16
