Applicability conditions of the Kubelka-Munk theory

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 5580-5586

  Vargas, William E ^a   Niklasson, Gunnar A ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0001378248     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.005580     Document Type: Article

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