Measurement of the effective refractive index of a turbid colloidal suspension using light refraction

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Reyes Coronado, A ^a   Garcia Valenzuela A ^a   Sanchez Perez C ^a   Barrera, R G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Centre de Investigación en Polímeros   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; DIFFUSE COMPONENTS; GLASS PRISMS; TURBID SUSPENSIONS;

GLASS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; OPACITY; POLYSTYRENES; PRISMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VOLUME FRACTION;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 21244459600     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: 13672630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/7/1/089     Document Type: Article

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