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Refractive Index of Amorphous Polymers

Amorphous Polymer  nD1
Poly(1,4-butadiene) 1.539
Poly(1-butene) 1.497
Poly(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl acrylate) 1.409
Poly(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl methacrylate) 1.418
Poly(2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropyl methacrylate) 1.420
Poly(2,5-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene ethylene) 1.595
Poly(2,6,3',5'-tetrachloro bisphenol A carbonate) 1.598
Poly(2,6-dichlorostyrene) 1.625
Poly(2,6-dimethyl-p-phenylene oxide), PPO 1.579
Poly(2-bromoethyl methacrylate) 1.535
Poly(2-chloroethyl methacrylate) 1.503
Poly(2-chlorostyrene) 1.597
Poly(2-ethoxyethyl acrylate) 1.474
Poly(2-ethoxyethyl methacrylate) 1.495
Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) 1.507
Poly(2-methoxystyrene) 1.585
Poly(2-methylstyrene) 1.587
Poly(2-phenylethyl methacrylate) 1.547
Poly(3-ethoxypropyl acrylate) 1.462
Poly(3-methoxypropyl acrylate) 1.483
Poly(4-bromophenyl methacrylate) 1.596
Poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) 1.462
Poly(4-methylstyrene) 1.578
Poly(acrylic acid), PAA 1.508
Poly(acrylonitrile) 1.513
Poly(benzyl methacrylate) 1.589
Poly(Bisphenol A carbonate), PC 1.586
Poly(Bisphenol B carbonate) 1.583
Poly(butyl acrylate), PBA 1.465
Poly(butyl methacrylate) 1.483
Poly(caprolactam), ylon 6 1.530
Polychloroprene (Neoprene) 1.561
Poly(cyclohexyl methacrylate) 1.507
Poly(dodecyl methacrylate) 1.465
Poly(ethyl acrylate), PEA 1.467
Poly(ethyl methacrylate) 1.498
Poly(ethyl vinyl ether) 1.463
Poly(ethylene glycol) 1.458
Poly(ethylene terephthalate), PET 1.575
Poly(ethylene) 1.476
Poly(hexamethylene adipamide), Nylon 6,6 1.530
Poly(hexamethylene sebacamide), Nylon 6,10 1.539
Poly(hexyl methacrylate) 1.481
Poly(hexyl vinyl ether) 1.459
Poly(isobutene) 1.507
Poly(isobutyl methacrylate) 1.480
Poly(isobutyl vinyl ether) 1.451
Polyisoprene 1.521
Poly(isopropyl methacrylate)  1.463
Polylactic acid, PLA 1.465
Poly(methacrylonitrile) 1.590
Poly(methyl acrylate), PMA 1.476
Poly(methyl isopropenyl ketone) 1.520
Poly(methyl methacrylate) 1.491
Poly(methyl vinyl ether)  1.458
Poly(N-benzyl methacrylamide) 1.597
Poly(N-methyl-methacrylamide) 1.529
Poly(N-methyl-methacrylamide) 1.529
Poly(octyl vinyl ether) 1.461
Poly(oxymethylene) 1.453
Poly(pentyl vinyl ether) 1.459
Poly(phenyl methacrylate) 1.561
Poly(propyl methacrylate) 1.484
Poly(propylene sulfide) 1.596
Poly(p-xylene) 1.669
Polystyrene, PS 1.593
Polysulfone, PSU 1.642
Poly(tert-butyl methacrylate) 1.464
Poly(tetrafluoroethylene), PTFE 1.356
Poly(tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate) 1.508
Poly(vinyl acetate) 1.484
Poly(vinyl alcohol) 1.526
Poly(vinyl benzoate) 1.561
Poly(vinyl butyral) 1.485
Poly(vinyl chloride), PVC 1.531
Poly(vinyl formate) 1.476
Poly(vinyl methyl ketone) 1.459
Poly(vinylidene chloride), PVDC 1.615
Poly(vinylidene fluoride), PVDF 1.426
Poly(ω-dodecanamide), Nylon 12 1.525
1 The refractive indices are the average of one or more experimental values.

Refractive Index

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