Light scattering in pigmented coatings: Experiments and theory

Solar Energy

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 553-561

  Vargas, W E ^a   Greenwood, P ^b   Otterstedt, J E ^b   Niklasson, G A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDERS; GLASS; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PAINT; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PIGMENTS; POLYMERS; SILICA; SOLAR RADIATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

POLYMERIC BINDERS;

OPTICAL COATINGS;

EID: 0033704524     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0038-092x(00)00024-4     Document Type: Article

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