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Everything about Refractometer
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A refractometer is a laboratory or field device for the measurement of an index of refraction (refractometry). The index of refraction is calculated from the observed refraction angle using Snell's law. For mixtures, the index of refraction then allows the concentration to be determined using mixing rules such as the Gladstone–Dale relation and Lorentz–Lorenz equation. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: RefractometerA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Highly sensitive and stable probe refractometer based on configurable plasmonic resonance with nano-modified fiber coreInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: X-Ray Diffraction ImagingThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: High sensitivity SMS fiber structure based refractometer – analysis and experimentCited 412 times
- Go sideways: RefractometryA closely related topic
- Go sideways: BrixA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
Noun An optical instrument used to measure the refractive index of a substance.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
High sensitivity SMS fiber structure based refractometer – analysis and experiment
Refractive-index measurements in the near-IR using an Abbe refractometer
All-fiber multimode-interference-based refractometer sensor: proposal and design
Evaluation of the Brix refractometer to estimate immunoglobulin G concentration in bovine colostrum
Optical fiber refractometer using narrowband cladding-mode resonance shifts
Highly sensitive refractometer with a photonic-crystal-fiber long-period grating
A fibre Bragg grating refractometer
Evaluation of a Brix refractometer to estimate serum immunoglobulin G concentration in neonatal dairy calves
🆕 Influential since 2022
Highly sensitive and stable probe refractometer based on configurable plasmonic resonance with nano-modified fiber core
Design of a novel graphene buzzle metamaterial refractometer for sensing of cancerous cells in the terahertz regime
Improved Spectral Interrogation of Tilted Fiber Bragg Grating Refractometer Using Residual Convolutional Neural Networks
Machine Learning Implementation for Unambiguous Refractive Index Measurement Using a Self-Referenced Fiber Refractometer
Improving Accuracy and Sensitivity of a Tilted Fiber Bragg Grating Refractometer Using Cladding Mode Envelope Derivative
đź“š Books worth reading
X-Ray Diffraction ImagingJoel Greenberg, Krzysztof Iniewski · 2018- 📕Tabellen zum EintauchrefraktometerBernhard Wagner · 1907
- 📕Practical refractometry by means of the microscopeRoy Morris Allen · 1954
- 📕Notes on minimum-deviation refractometryH. W. Fairbairn · 1952
- 📕Rukovodstvo po refraktometrii dli͡a︡ khimikovBoris Veniaminovich Ioffe · 1956
Abbe refractometer with water jacketed prisms, October 1st, 1918Adam Hilger Ltd · 1918- 📕Wagners Tabellen zur Ermittlung des Prozentgahaltes wässriger Lösungen chemisch reiner Substanzen mit Hilfe des EintauchrefraktometersBernhard Wagner · 1955
A photoelectric refractometerEnoch Karrer · 1946
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