Re: Plastic Optical Materials



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Photon <ximinzhao@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Folks,

Besides PMMA (acrylic) and polycarbonate, what other plastic optical
materials are there that can be molded?

CR39, used to make plastic lenses for eyeglasses.

Joe Gwinn
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