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How Refractive Vision Problems Work
A brief description of how Refractive Vision Problems work. This site is part of Marshall Brain's HowStuffWorks.com.
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Birefringence
Describes birefringence and has a table for refractive indices values of various materials.
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Snell's Law
Applet showing refraction from medium 1 to medium 1, refractive indices and incident angle can be altered.
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Principals of Refractometers
Refractometers are measuring instruments which are based on the principal that as the density of a substance rises), it's refractive index rises proportionately.
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Refraction
Simulations for refraction and calculating refractive index. Move arrows to start simulations.
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Wilhelm Rontgen
Wilhelm Rontgen (1845 - 1913) first work was on the specific heats of gases and the thermal conductivity of crystals. Among other problems he studied were the electrical characteristics of quartz; ...
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Refraction of Light Demonstration Applet
A Java applet showing moving light waves moving from one medium to another. Refractive indices and angle of incidence can be altered. Very useful for illustrating mechanism of refraction at a basic ...
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