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Refractive Indices
by Vincent Mallette
Copyright © 1999 Inwit Publishing, Inc.
Refractive Indices of Available Liquids, and
Refractive Indices That Can Be Produced by Mixing
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Refractive indices
(measured in average daylight at 20-22° C)
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|
1.32 |
Methyl alcohol |
|
1.333 |
Water |
|
1.358 |
Acetone |
|
1.36 |
Ethyl alcohol |
|
1.38 |
Ethyl butyrate |
|
1.39 |
Hexane |
|
1.394 |
iso-Butyl alcohol |
|
1.40 |
Heptane |
|
1.40 |
Ethylene glycol monomethyl ether |
|
1.41 |
Amyl alcohol |
|
1.41 |
Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether ("Cellosolve") |
|
1.42 |
Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether |
|
1.44 |
Chloroform |
|
1.44 |
Ethylene chloride |
|
1.45 |
Kerosene |
|
1.46 |
Carbon tetrachloride |
|
1.47 |
Cajeput oil [don’t ask] |
|
1.47 |
Glycerol |
|
1.47 |
Olive oil |
|
1.475 |
Paraffin oil ("Nujol") |
|
1.475 |
Turpentine |
|
1.48 |
Castor oil |
|
1.49 |
Dibutyl phthalate |
|
1.494 |
Xylene |
|
1.495 |
Benzene |
|
1.50 |
Lubricating oil (automobile) |
|
1.515 |
Anisole |
|
1.515 |
Cedar wood oil |
|
1.52 |
Chlorobenzene |
|
1.53 |
Clove oil |
|
1.54 |
Ethylene bromide |
|
1.55 |
Nitrobenzene |
|
1.56 |
Tricresyl phosphate |
|
1.56 |
Bromobenzene |
|
1.57 |
o-Toluidine |
|
1.58 |
Bromophenol |
|
1.586 |
Aniline |
|
1.59 |
Bromoform |
|
1.60 |
Cassia oil |
|
1.61 |
Quinaldine |
|
1.615 |
Cinnamic aldehyde |
|
1.62 |
Iodobenzene |
|
1.62 |
Quinoline |
|
1.625 |
Carbon disulfide |
|
1.63 |
a
-Chloronaphthalene |
|
1.66 |
a
-Bromonaphthalene |
|
1.74 |
Methylene iodide |
|
1.78 |
Methylene iodide saturated with sulfur |
|
1.87 |
Methylene iodide, S. CHI3 , SnI4 , AsI3 , SbI3 |
|
1.64 - 2.10 |
Piperine, AsI3 , SbI3 |
|
2.0 - 2.7 |
Sulfur-Selenium mixtures |
The following from Handbook of Chemical Microscopy
by Chamot and Mason, John Wiley & Sons
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Refractive Index
(daylight, 20-22 °C) |
Ethyl alcohol
n = 1.362 |
Ethylene glycol ethyl ether ("Cellosolve")
n = 1.407 |
Kerosene
n = 1.443 |
|
1.370 |
50 cc. |
9 cc. |
-- |
|
1.380 |
50 |
30 |
-- |
|
1.390 |
35 |
50 |
-- |
|
1.400 |
10 |
50 |
-- |
|
1.410 |
-- |
50 |
5 cc. |
|
1.420 |
-- |
50 |
35 |
|
1.430 |
-- |
35 |
75 |
|
1.440 |
-- |
5 |
75 |
General combinations
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Refractive indices |
Mixtures |
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1.450 - 1.475 |
Kerosene and turpentine |
|
1.480 - 1.535 |
Turpentine and ethylene bromide or clove oil |
|
1.540 - 1.635 |
Clove oil and a
-bromonaphthalene |
|
1.640 - 1.655 |
a
-bromonaphthalene and a
-chloronaphthalene |
|
1.650 - 1.740 |
a
-bromonaphthalene and methylene iodide |
|
1.740 - 1.790 |
Sulfur dissolved in methylene iodide |
|
1.790 - 1.960 |
Methylene iodide, antimony iodide, arsenic sulfide, antimony sulfide, and sulfur |
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