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Index of Refraction of Liquid Water

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Allan H. Harvey

Abstract

This is an item for the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (105th ed.), giving values calculated from the IAPWS formulation for the refractive index.
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CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
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CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL
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Keywords

refractive index, water
Optical / photometry / laser metrology and Chemical thermodynamics and chemical properties

Citation

Harvey, A. (2024), Index of Refraction of Liquid Water, CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=956971 (Accessed October 16, 2025)

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Created May 1, 2024, Updated July 19, 2024
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