Abstract

Graphical representations of glass density versus refractive index data have classically been in the form of two-dimensional scattergrams. For the purpose of illustrating how common or uncommon a particular glass sample is, a three-dimensional projection graph has been found to be useful.

Issue Section:
Technical Notes
Keywords:
forensic science, glass, refractive index, density (mass/volume)

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