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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invalidated site: University of Toronto Scarborough - Chemistry Online - Refractive Index Theory. | Nov 09, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Physics LibreTexts - Index of Refraction. | Jul 02, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Absolute and relative refractive index. | May 09, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Weber State University - Refractive Index (PDF). | May 23, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Al-Mustaqbal University - Refractive index (PDF). | Mar 28, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Arizona - Wyant College of Optical Sciences - Refractive Index and Dispersion (PDF). | Jan 15, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: IOPscience - Journal of Physics: Conference Series - Determination of refractive index on three mediums based on the principle of refraction of light (PDF). | Dec 07, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: California Institute of Technology - The Feynman Lectures on Physics - The Origin of the Refractive Index. | Sep 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Introduction to Petrology - Light and Optics Part 2: Refractive Index, Polarized Light, Birefringence. | Aug 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Toronto Scarborough - Chemistry Online - Refractive Index Theory. | May 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Cambridge - Dissemination of IT for the Promotion of Materials Science - The dielectric constant and the refractive index. | Mar 01, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Two-dimensional refractive index profiling of optical fibers by modified refractive near-field technique (PDF). | Feb 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Refractive Index. | Jun 30, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 23, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: First Faculty of Medicine Charles University - Refractive index. | May 17, 2018 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jan 05, 2018 | ||
| Changed "velocity c of light" to "velocity of light c" and the refractive index of air from 1.0002 to 1.0003. | Jan 08, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Index of Refraction. | Dec 29, 2013 | ||
| Diagram of refraction added. | Nov 06, 2012 | ||
| Added new Web site: Sigrist Photometer - Refractive Index. | Jul 23, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Physics Laboratory - Refractive Index of Gases. | Jul 23, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: All About Gemstones - Refraction Index. | Jul 23, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Chard - Refractive Index. | Jul 23, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of British Columbia - Refractive Index. | Jul 23, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The University of Liverpool - Refractive Index. | Jul 23, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Wolfram Research - Index of Refraction. | Jul 22, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Ask Mendel's Mother - Measuring Refractive Index. | Apr 24, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Philip Laven - Refractive index. | Apr 17, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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