Re: 1.7 vs 1.53 refractive index in glasses ??



Salmon Egg wrote:

These days, with fancy materials such as rare earth glasses and who knows
what kind of plastics, the relationship between density and index can be
more obscure. Can anyone supply a link that will clarify these
relationships?

You don't need to go that far. For example, look at the difference
between the densities of Schott F2 (3.61) and Schott N-F2 (2.65).
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