Iridescence in beef caused by multilayer interference from sarcomere discs

Meat Science

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 398-401

  Swatland, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interference; Iridescence; Reflectance; Sarcomere

Indexed keywords

IRIDESCENCE; MULTILAYER INTERFERENCE; MULTIPLE INTERFERENCES; REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; SARCOMERE;

COLOR; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; REFLECTION; ROTATION;

MEATS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; COOKING; MEAT; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLOR; COOKING; MEAT; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SARCOMERES; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 80555131170     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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