Optical characterization method for black pigments applied to solar-selective absorbing paints

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1672-1681

  Tesfamichael, Tuquabo ^a   Hoel, Anders ^a   Niklasson, Gunnar A ^a   Wäckelgård, Ewa ^a   Gunde, Marta K ^b   Orel, Zorica C ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PAINT; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); VOLUME FRACTION;

BLACK CARBON;

PIGMENTS;

EID: 0038164879     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.001672     Document Type: Article

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