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Optical constants of H2O, D2O (Water, heavy water, ice)
Daimon and Masumura 2007: Water; n 0.18–1.13 µm; 20.0 °C

Wavelength: µm
 (0.182–1.129)  
 

Complex refractive index (n+ik)[ i ]


n   k   LogX   LogY   eV

Derived optical constants

Dispersion formula [ i ]

$$n^2-1=\frac{5.684027565\text{×}10^{-1}λ^2}{λ^2-5.101829712\text{×}10^{-3}}+\frac{1.726177391\text{×}10^{-1}λ^2}{λ^2-1.821153936\text{×}10^{-2}}+\frac{2.086189578\text{×}10^{-2}λ^2}{λ^2-2.620722293\text{×}10^{-2}}+\frac{1.130748688\text{×}10^{-1}λ^2}{λ^2-1.069792721\text{×}10}$$

Conditions & Spec sheet

n_is_absolute: true
wavelength_is_vacuum: true
temperature: 20.0 °C

Comments

High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) distilled water at 20.0 °C.

References

M. Daimon and A. Masumura. Measurement of the refractive index of distilled water from the near-infrared region to the ultraviolet region, Appl. Opt. 46, 3811-3820 (2007)

Data

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Water and ice, H2O

Water is the most abundant compound on Earth's surface.

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