Herapathite - The first man-made polarizer

Philosophical Magazine Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 745-755

  Knowles, Kevin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorption; Crystal structure; Crystallography; Optical microscopy; Optical properties; Polarization

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; LOW TEMPERATURES; POLAROIDS; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS;

ABSORPTION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MINERALOGY; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; POLARIZATION; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 74949141843     PISSN: 09500839     EISSN: 13623036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500830903344915     Document Type: Review

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