The excellent optical properties and toughness of CALIBRE* resins allow their use in applications requiring good transparency and high impact strength. The refractive index and light transmission of CALIBRE polycarbonate resins are compared with those of other transparent materials in the following Table. CALIBRE resins exhibit water-white clarity with visible light transmission averaging 89 percent. In addition, Haze is minimal at approximately 1 percent.

Optical Properties of Transparent Materials
Property ASTM
Method
Glass TYRIL
SAN
Polymethyl
methacrylate
Cellulose
acetate
CALIBRE
polycarbonate
Refractive
Index
D 542 1.52 1.57 1.49 1.50 1.58
Light
Transmission
D 1003 92 87 92 89 89


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