Optical constants

Refractive index of (C₂H₃Cl)_n (Polyvinyl chloride, PVC)

Zhang et al. 2020: n,k 0.4–20 µm

Data: tabulated nk
Range: 0.4–19.94 µm
Points: 617
Licence: CC0-1.0

Axis Log x Log y

Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength.

At one wavelength

Refractive index n: 1.54247
Extinction coefficient k: 2.30960e-06

Permittivity ε₁: 2.37921
Permittivity ε₂: 7.12497e-06

Absorption coefficient α: 0.493929 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk): 4.04916e+07 nm

Abbe number V_d: —
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ: -0.037 µm⁻¹

Group index n_g: 1.56421
Group velocity dispersion: — fs²/mm

Dispersion parameter D: — ps/(nm·km)
Photon energy: 2.11001 eV

ε = (n + ik)², α = 4πk/λ, n_g = n − λ dn/dλ, GVD = λ³/(2πc²) d²n/dλ², D = −(λ/c) d²n/dλ². Group-velocity dispersion is given for formula data only.

Use it in Lightsmith

Load this data in Python, simulate in one more line

pip install lightsmith

import lightsmith as ls

# (C2H3Cl)n (Polyvinyl chloride, PVC): Zhang et al. 2020: n,k 0.4–20 µm
mat = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("organic", "polyvinil_chloride", "Zhang", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(mat.range_nm)  # (400, 19942) nm
eps = mat.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

Downloads the original record once (pinned to the imported snapshot) and caches it.

import json, urllib.request
import lightsmith as ls

url = "https://materials.lightsmith.dev/v1/datasets/ds_2ec646a0dbff/lightsmith"
mat = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(mat.source)  # citation and provenance travel with the data

Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (polyvinil-chloride/zhang-2020).

# ... load mat as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
    particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=mat)],
    medium_index=1.0,
    wavelengths=ls.WavelengthRange(start_nm=400, stop_nm=1000, num=81),
)
res = ls.solve(sim)  # exact Mie for a sphere
print(res.q_ext)     # extinction efficiency at each wavelength

Same spec runs with DDA, FDTD, BEM or T-matrix: ls.compare(sim, ["mie", "dda"]).

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Comments and conditions

Normal temperature and pressure. Manufacturer: Jubang plastic material, China.

References

1) X. Zhang, J. Qiu, X. Li, J. Zhao, L. Liu. Complex refractive indices measurements of polymers in visible and near-infrared bands. Appl. Opt. 59, 2337-2344 (2020) (0.4-2 µm)
2) X. Zhang, J. Qiu, J. Zhao, X. Li, L. Liu. Complex refractive indices measurements of polymers in infrared bands. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transf. 252, 107063 (2020) (2-20 µm)

doi:10.1364/ao.383831 Complex refractive indices measurements of polymers in visible and near-infrared bands, Applied Optics (2020)
doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2020.107063 Complex refractive indices measurements of polymers in infrared bands, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer (2020)

Cite

Xiaoning Zhang, Jun Qiu, Xingcan Li, Junming Zhao and Linhua Liu. Complex refractive indices measurements of polymers in visible and near-infrared bands. Applied Optics, 59, 2337 (2020), doi:10.1364/ao.383831; Xiaoning Zhang, Jun Qiu, Junming Zhao, Xingcan Li and Linhua Liu. Complex refractive indices measurements of polymers in infrared bands. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 252, 107063 (2020), doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2020.107063; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

617 rows as published

CSV comma separated TXT tab separated YAML n, k Full database record original YAML All quantities CSV JSON metadata

(C2H3Cl)n (Polyvinyl chloride, PVC), Zhang et al. 2020: n,k 0.4–20 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)	n	k
0.4	1.56135	2.72e-06
0.41	1.55983	2.35e-06
0.42	1.55812	2.16e-06
0.43	1.55625	1.96e-06
0.44	1.55491	1.82e-06
0.45	1.55388	1.71e-06
0.46	1.55236	1.64e-06
0.47	1.55145	1.6e-06
0.48	1.5501	1.58e-06
0.49	1.5494	1.61e-06
0.5	1.5485	1.67e-06
0.51	1.54761	1.75e-06
0.52	1.54692	1.83e-06
0.53	1.54626	1.96e-06
0.54	1.54533	2.09e-06
0.55	1.54493	2.17e-06
0.56	1.54389	2.2e-06
0.57	1.54325	2.27e-06
0.58	1.54275	2.34e-06
0.59	1.54238	2.3e-06
0.6	1.54137	2.15e-06
0.61	1.54114	2e-06
0.62	1.54073	1.9e-06
0.63	1.54004	1.8e-06
0.64	1.53987	1.68e-06
0.65	1.53987	1.54e-06
0.66	1.53946	1.44e-06
0.67	1.5388	1.29e-06
0.68	1.53812	1.14e-06
0.69	1.53791	1.01e-06
0.7	1.53754	8.96e-07
0.71	1.53727	8.02e-07
0.72	1.53732	7.67e-07
0.73	1.53674	7.15e-07
0.74	1.53593	7.07e-07
0.75	1.53544	7.06e-07
0.76	1.53569	6.66e-07
0.77	1.53528	6.6e-07
0.78	1.53526	6.47e-07
0.79	1.53468	6.13e-07
0.8	1.53569	6.16e-07
0.81	1.53552	6.26e-07
0.82	1.53471	5.3e-07
0.83	1.53519	5.22e-07
0.84	1.53362	5.1e-07
0.85	1.5349	4.62e-07
0.86	1.53466	4.5e-07
0.87	1.53446	7.13e-07
0.88	1.53413	1.08e-06
0.89	1.53407	1.04e-06
0.9	1.53383	8.17e-07
0.91	1.53361	1.02e-06
0.92	1.53341	9.17e-07
0.93	1.53331	4.52e-07
0.94	1.53305	3.63e-07
0.95	1.53287	1.34e-07
0.96	1.53283	6.2e-07
0.97	1.53264	5.58e-07
0.98	1.53235	4.46e-07
0.99	1.53245	3.32e-07
1.0	1.53235	2.32e-07
1.01	1.5323	6.76e-07
1.02	1.53238	9.18e-07
1.03	1.53013	9.27e-07
1.04	1.53015	8.74e-07
1.05	1.53012	7.94e-07
1.06	1.52952	7.77e-07
1.07	1.52961	7.02e-07
1.08	1.53008	6.53e-07
1.09	1.53006	6.57e-07
1.1	1.52963	5.95e-07
1.11	1.53011	6.26e-07
1.12	1.52983	7.26e-07
1.13	1.52927	8.41e-07
1.14	1.52895	1.32e-06
1.15	1.52836	1.86e-06
1.16	1.5291	3.63e-06
1.17	1.52931	6.46e-06
1.18	1.52946	6.57e-06
1.19	1.52887	7.64e-06
1.2	1.52875	7.76e-06
1.21	1.52869	5.14e-06
1.22	1.52812	3.08e-06
1.23	1.52856	2.07e-06
1.24	1.52859	1.6e-06
1.25	1.52839	1.35e-06
1.26	1.52852	1.23e-06
1.27	1.52884	9e-07
1.28	1.52839	1.05e-06
1.29	1.52815	9.67e-07
1.3	1.52768	9.31e-07
1.31	1.52771	8.83e-07
1.32	1.52747	8.35e-07
1.33	1.52731	8.65e-07
1.34	1.52706	9.25e-07
1.35	1.52728	1.1e-06
1.36	1.52762	1.56e-06
1.37	1.52788	2.42e-06
1.38	1.52732	5.17e-06
1.39	1.52688	5.99e-06
1.4	1.52748	7.58e-06
1.41	1.52715	7.68e-06
1.42	1.52708	8.18e-06
1.43	1.52738	8.03e-06
1.44	1.52688	5.3e-06
1.45	1.52639	4.32e-06
1.46	1.52657	3.61e-06
1.47	1.52672	3.41e-06
1.48	1.52733	2.2e-06
1.49	1.5266	2.74e-06
1.5	1.52642	2.36e-06
1.51	1.52694	2.24e-06
1.52	1.52618	2.24e-06
1.53	1.52499	2.16e-06
1.54	1.52599	1.85e-06
1.55	1.52688	2.04e-06
1.56	1.52669	1.9e-06
1.57	1.52624	1.81e-06
1.58	1.52656	1.85e-06
1.59	1.52523	1.92e-06
1.6	1.52653	1.98e-06
1.61	1.52582	2.11e-06
1.62	1.52614	2.31e-06
1.63	1.52553	2.52e-06
1.64	1.52614	2.66e-06
1.65	1.52679	3.12e-06
1.66	1.52566	4.75e-06
1.67	1.52602	6.43e-06
1.68	1.52498	9.27e-06
1.69	1.52714	2e-05
1.7	1.52666	5.29e-05
1.71	1.5266	0.000107
1.72	1.52844	0.000116
1.73	1.52769	6.58e-05
1.74	1.52651	6.8e-05
1.75	1.52744	7.02e-05
1.76	1.52591	5.63e-05
1.77	1.52499	4.85e-05
1.78	1.52617	4.47e-05
1.79	1.52766	3.88e-05
1.8	1.52719	3.24e-05
1.81	1.52642	3.02e-05
1.82	1.5277	3.04e-05
1.83	1.52657	3.21e-05
1.84	1.5252	2.94e-05
1.85	1.52739	2.82e-05
1.86	1.52662	2.71e-05
1.87	1.528	2.38e-05
1.88	1.52753	2.18e-05
1.89	1.52658	2.07e-05
1.9	1.52628	2.46e-05
1.91	1.52623	2.19e-05
1.92	1.52441	1.98e-05
1.93	1.52594	1.99e-05
1.94	1.52659	2e-05
1.95	1.52716	1.97e-05
1.96	1.52698	1.89e-05
1.97	1.52855	1.83e-05
1.98	1.52828	1.77e-05
1.99	1.52599	1.71e-05
2.0	1.52604	1.72e-05
2.0097	1.52336	1.84e-05
2.019	1.52418	2.86e-05
2.0285	1.52426	3.9e-05
2.0381	1.52308	3.93e-05
2.0478	1.52121	3.96e-05
2.0575	1.52058	3.99e-05
2.0673	1.52115	3.96e-05
2.0773	1.52145	3.9e-05
2.0873	1.52268	3.86e-05
2.0975	1.52474	3.87e-05
2.1077	1.52548	3.96e-05
2.118	1.52618	4.1e-05
2.1285	1.52517	4.32e-05
2.139	1.5239	4.56e-05
2.1496	1.52528	4.62e-05
2.1568	1.52611	4.58e-05
2.1676	1.52584	4.51e-05
2.1785	1.52529	4.49e-05
2.1896	1.52568	4.61e-05
2.197	1.52606	4.8e-05
2.2082	1.52622	5.31e-05
2.2196	1.52563	6.16e-05
2.2272	1.52565	7e-05
2.2387	1.52525	8.95e-05
2.2465	1.52461	0.000109
2.2582	1.5244	0.000144
2.2661	1.5247	0.00121
2.2781	1.52484	0.00225
2.2861	1.52438	0.00268
2.2983	1.52525	0.002
2.3065	1.5263	0.00159
2.3188	1.52594	0.00213
2.3272	1.52499	0.0032
2.3398	1.52531	0.00391
2.3482	1.52526	0.00374
2.3568	1.52485	0.00362
2.3697	1.52517	0.00255
2.3784	1.52617	0.00234
2.3872	1.52689	0.00293
2.396	1.52643	0.00301
2.4093	1.52602	0.00222
2.4183	1.52635	0.00186
2.4274	1.52578	0.00175
2.4365	1.52471	0.00168
2.4457	1.52452	0.00182
2.4596	1.52546	0.0022
2.469	1.52599	0.00201
2.4784	1.52627	0.00249
2.488	1.52682	0.00342
2.4975	1.52702	0.00396
2.5072	1.52719	0.00339
2.5169	1.52674	0.00242
2.5268	1.52573	0.00234
2.5366	1.52486	0.0023
2.5466	1.5251	0.00205
2.5567	1.5261	0.00258
2.5668	1.52693	0.00271
2.577	1.52649	0.0024
2.5873	1.52591	0.00275
2.5976	1.52561	0.00339
2.6081	1.52494	0.00354
2.6186	1.52403	0.00289
2.6293	1.52353	0.00245
2.64	1.52412	0.00244
2.6454	1.52478	0.00255
2.6562	1.52626	0.00262
2.6671	1.52753	0.00265
2.6782	1.52708	0.00285
2.6893	1.5251	0.00274
2.6949	1.52441	0.00271
2.7061	1.52452	0.00262
2.7175	1.52536	0.00213
2.7289	1.52491	0.00194
2.7347	1.52457	0.00193
2.7462	1.52428	0.00209
2.7579	1.52457	0.00258
2.7697	1.52471	0.00276
2.7756	1.52482	0.00284
2.7876	1.52576	0.00324
2.7996	1.52614	0.00339
2.8057	1.52526	0.00322
2.8179	1.52326	0.00277
2.824	1.52308	0.00275
2.8364	1.52407	0.00272
2.8489	1.52515	0.00247
2.8551	1.52563	0.00251
2.8678	1.52557	0.00274
2.8741	1.52527	0.00309
2.8869	1.5249	0.00397
2.8998	1.52502	0.00391
2.9063	1.52483	0.0036
2.9194	1.52398	0.00304
2.926	1.52392	0.00282
2.9393	1.52529	0.00266
2.946	1.52567	0.00271
2.9594	1.52565	0.0025
2.9662	1.52519	0.00237
2.9798	1.52349	0.00222
2.9867	1.52322	0.00245
2.9936	1.52339	0.00285
3.0075	1.52414	0.00368
3.0145	1.52475	0.00339
3.0286	1.52537	0.0027
3.0357	1.52536	0.00263
3.0499	1.52543	0.00206
3.0571	1.52548	0.00183
3.0644	1.52529	0.00188
3.0789	1.5248	0.00234
3.0863	1.52469	0.00244
3.0936	1.52488	0.00237
3.1085	1.52509	0.00239
3.1159	1.52501	0.00228
3.1234	1.52501	0.0019
3.1386	1.52508	0.00158
3.1462	1.52477	0.00176
3.1538	1.52435	0.00174
3.1693	1.52397	0.0014
3.177	1.52397	0.00167
3.1848	1.52407	0.00191
3.1927	1.52405	0.00205
3.2085	1.52346	0.00214
3.2164	1.52328	0.00215
3.2244	1.5233	0.00249
3.2325	1.52324	0.00281
3.2487	1.52255	0.00206
3.2569	1.5224	0.00178
3.2651	1.52259	0.00189
3.2733	1.52275	0.00196
3.2899	1.52166	0.002
3.2983	1.52092	0.00212
3.3067	1.52059	0.00228
3.3152	1.52021	0.00265
3.3237	1.51941	0.0032
3.3322	1.51867	0.00374
3.3494	1.51754	0.00576
3.3581	1.51761	0.00801
3.3668	1.5188	0.0101
3.3756	1.5206	0.011
3.3844	1.522	0.0111
3.3933	1.52256	0.0114
3.4022	1.52262	0.0122
3.4111	1.5231	0.0132
3.4292	1.52835	0.0143
3.4383	1.53189	0.0133
3.4474	1.53404	0.0107
3.4566	1.53433	0.00749
3.4658	1.53307	0.00529
3.4751	1.53118	0.00465
3.4845	1.52968	0.00507
3.4939	1.52903	0.00576
3.5033	1.52935	0.00597
3.5128	1.53012	0.00521
3.5224	1.53005	0.0038
3.532	1.52906	0.00285
3.5416	1.52836	0.00288
3.5513	1.5283	0.00316
3.5611	1.5286	0.00292
3.5709	1.52899	0.00215
3.5807	1.52935	0.00149
3.5907	1.5292	0.00135
3.6006	1.52838	0.00159
3.6107	1.52763	0.00175
3.6207	1.52724	0.00185
3.6309	1.5268	0.00176
3.6411	1.52654	0.00162
3.6513	1.5265	0.00169
3.6617	1.52647	0.002
3.672	1.52648	0.00224
3.6825	1.52685	0.00231
3.693	1.52699	0.00215
3.7035	1.52666	0.00169
3.7141	1.52646	0.00137
3.7248	1.52673	0.00142
3.7355	1.52675	0.00182
3.7463	1.52612	0.00213
3.7572	1.52562	0.0022
3.7681	1.5257	0.00206
3.7791	1.52587	0.00186
3.7901	1.5257	0.00185
3.8013	1.52541	0.00182
3.8124	1.52545	0.00177
3.8237	1.52571	0.00176
3.835	1.52586	0.00173
3.8464	1.52587	0.0017
3.8578	1.5258	0.00169
3.8693	1.52584	0.00181
3.8809	1.52598	0.00198
3.8926	1.52595	0.00223
3.9043	1.52572	0.00232
3.9161	1.52552	0.00219
3.928	1.52553	0.00212
3.9399	1.5257	0.00194
3.9519	1.52582	0.00163
3.964	1.52565	0.00147
3.9762	1.52552	0.00149
3.9884	1.52552	0.00173
4.0007	1.52558	0.0021
4.0131	1.52561	0.0022
4.0255	1.52546	0.00202
4.0381	1.52517	0.00199
4.0507	1.52497	0.00212
4.0634	1.52512	0.00201
4.0762	1.52515	0.00183
4.089	1.52499	0.00174
4.102	1.52471	0.00181
4.115	1.5245	0.00203
4.1281	1.52458	0.00207
4.1413	1.52456	0.00191
4.1546	1.52455	0.0018
4.1679	1.52466	0.00177
4.1814	1.52462	0.00194
4.1949	1.52454	0.00216
4.2085	1.52419	0.00214
4.2222	1.52343	0.00185
4.236	1.52299	0.0023
4.2499	1.52331	0.00242
4.2639	1.5233	0.00252
4.278	1.52354	0.00204
4.2921	1.52381	0.00165
4.3064	1.52401	0.00126
4.3208	1.52436	0.0014
4.3352	1.52448	0.00178
4.3498	1.52418	0.00194
4.3644	1.52407	0.00207
4.3791	1.52397	0.00208
4.394	1.52389	0.00207
4.4089	1.52371	0.00216
4.424	1.52348	0.00226
4.4391	1.52372	0.00211
4.4544	1.52451	0.00203
4.4697	1.52497	0.00211
4.4852	1.5246	0.00208
4.5008	1.52395	0.00205
4.5165	1.52381	0.00195
4.5323	1.52405	0.00176
4.5482	1.52396	0.00157
4.5642	1.5236	0.00143
4.5803	1.52341	0.00143
4.5965	1.5235	0.00137
4.6129	1.52354	0.00142
4.6294	1.52335	0.00165
4.646	1.52333	0.00179
4.6627	1.52372	0.00176
4.6795	1.52369	0.00179
4.6965	1.52329	0.00192
4.7136	1.52312	0.00189
4.7308	1.52322	0.00166
4.7481	1.52303	0.00146
4.7655	1.52307	0.00146
4.7831	1.52323	0.00151
4.8008	1.52294	0.00171
4.8187	1.52241	0.00187
4.8367	1.52215	0.00148
4.8548	1.52245	0.00127
4.873	1.52257	0.00146
4.8914	1.5222	0.00163
4.91	1.52205	0.00176
4.9286	1.52211	0.00158
4.9474	1.52195	0.00144
4.9664	1.52208	0.0017
4.9855	1.52227	0.00174
5.0047	1.52213	0.00183
5.0241	1.52188	0.00203
5.0437	1.52198	0.00167
5.0634	1.52213	0.00155
5.0832	1.52172	0.00189
5.1033	1.5213	0.00207
5.1234	1.52151	0.00205
5.1438	1.52158	0.00202
5.1643	1.52142	0.00217
5.1849	1.52103	0.00208
5.2057	1.52049	0.00198
5.2267	1.5202	0.00178
5.2479	1.52033	0.00159
5.2692	1.52063	0.0016
5.2907	1.52062	0.00193
5.3124	1.52061	0.00231
5.3343	1.52037	0.00188
5.3563	1.51992	0.0016
5.3785	1.52	0.00181
5.4009	1.52017	0.0018
5.4235	1.51986	0.00201
5.4463	1.51964	0.00232
5.4693	1.51964	0.00224
5.4925	1.51957	0.00211
5.5159	1.51931	0.00218
5.5394	1.51865	0.00218
5.5632	1.51785	0.00205
5.5872	1.5172	0.00214
5.6114	1.51683	0.00222
5.6358	1.51666	0.00264
5.6604	1.51618	0.00325
5.6852	1.51511	0.00348
5.7103	1.51353	0.00446
5.7355	1.51283	0.00722
5.761	1.51485	0.011
5.7867	1.51937	0.013
5.8127	1.52339	0.0118
5.8389	1.52527	0.0082
5.8653	1.52478	0.00513
5.8919	1.52291	0.00332
5.9188	1.5219	0.00286
5.946	1.52134	0.00257
5.9734	1.52065	0.00252
6.0011	1.52035	0.00264
6.029	1.52012	0.0026
6.0571	1.51991	0.00257
6.0856	1.51925	0.00221
6.1143	1.51852	0.00164
6.1433	1.51801	0.00195
6.1725	1.51792	0.00214
6.202	1.51755	0.00204
6.2319	1.51705	0.00264
6.262	1.51657	0.00287
6.2924	1.51611	0.00263
6.3231	1.51595	0.00271
6.3541	1.51635	0.00258
6.3854	1.51628	0.00233
6.417	1.51546	0.00224
6.4489	1.51505	0.00231
6.4811	1.51471	0.00249
6.5137	1.51367	0.00271
6.5466	1.51289	0.00235
6.5798	1.51202	0.00176
6.6134	1.51064	0.00162
6.6473	1.50856	0.00187
6.6816	1.5068	0.00276
6.7162	1.50649	0.00338
6.7512	1.50551	0.00325
6.7865	1.50318	0.00435
6.8223	1.50149	0.00628
6.8583	1.49962	0.00756
6.8948	1.49417	0.0104
6.9317	1.49086	0.0205
6.969	1.49932	0.0348
7.0066	1.51617	0.0376
7.0447	1.52722	0.0259
7.0832	1.52698	0.0129
7.1221	1.5204	0.00699
7.1615	1.51417	0.00659
7.2013	1.51013	0.00898
7.2415	1.50858	0.0113
7.2822	1.50743	0.0124
7.3233	1.50512	0.0136
7.3649	1.50345	0.016
7.407	1.50151	0.0188
7.4496	1.4989	0.0248
7.4926	1.50218	0.0325
7.5362	1.51083	0.034
7.5803	1.51611	0.0292
7.6249	1.51597	0.0246
7.67	1.51363	0.0233
7.7156	1.51151	0.0234
7.7618	1.50856	0.0242
7.8086	1.50321	0.0269
7.8559	1.49895	0.0343
7.9038	1.50077	0.0474
7.9523	1.51268	0.0588
8.0014	1.52877	0.0597
8.0511	1.54059	0.0538
8.1014	1.54825	0.0451
8.1524	1.55173	0.0326
8.204	1.5467	0.0224
8.2562	1.53853	0.0201
8.3091	1.53619	0.0226
8.3628	1.53908	0.0238
8.4171	1.54086	0.0198
8.4721	1.53965	0.0145
8.5278	1.53776	0.0124
8.5843	1.53557	0.012
8.6415	1.53256	0.0112
8.6995	1.52975	0.0101
8.7583	1.52688	0.00983
8.8179	1.52414	0.0116
8.8783	1.52265	0.0149
8.9395	1.52211	0.0172
9.0016	1.52218	0.0201
9.0645	1.52387	0.0231
9.1284	1.52793	0.0235
9.1931	1.53066	0.0217
9.2588	1.53138	0.0209
9.3254	1.53201	0.0199
9.393	1.53196	0.017
9.4615	1.53125	0.0149
9.5311	1.52972	0.013
9.6017	1.52766	0.0123
9.6733	1.52643	0.0129
9.7461	1.52428	0.0141
9.8199	1.52163	0.0147
9.8949	1.51946	0.0144
9.971	1.51865	0.0155
10.048	1.5173	0.0187
10.127	1.51505	0.0228
10.207	1.51457	0.0298
10.288	1.51955	0.0372
10.37	1.52929	0.0407
10.453	1.53864	0.0376
10.538	1.54351	0.031
10.625	1.54387	0.0249
10.713	1.54319	0.0214
10.802	1.544	0.0203
10.893	1.5438	0.0192
10.985	1.54212	0.0165
11.079	1.53927	0.0137
11.174	1.53785	0.0128
11.272	1.53791	0.0125
11.37	1.53686	0.0124
11.471	1.53642	0.012
11.573	1.53593	0.0122
11.678	1.53504	0.0124
11.784	1.53307	0.0126
11.892	1.53267	0.0131
12.002	1.53579	0.0116
12.114	1.53733	0.00779
12.229	1.53473	0.00406
12.345	1.53192	0.00319
12.464	1.52925	0.00404
12.585	1.52563	0.00393
12.708	1.52309	0.00533
12.834	1.52083	0.00553
12.962	1.51979	0.00486
13.093	1.51941	0.00532
13.227	1.51695	0.0063
13.363	1.51318	0.00678
13.502	1.51087	0.00851
13.645	1.50841	0.0115
13.79	1.50402	0.0132
13.938	1.49857	0.018
14.089	1.49562	0.0282
14.244	1.49796	0.0374
14.403	1.50559	0.0432
14.564	1.51563	0.0438
14.73	1.52412	0.0389
14.899	1.5234	0.0335
15.072	1.51161	0.0321
15.25	1.50001	0.0401
15.431	1.49916	0.0565
15.617	1.51306	0.0718
15.808	1.52972	0.0787
16.003	1.54134	0.0805
16.203	1.55847	0.0809
16.408	1.58274	0.0723
16.618	1.59725	0.0505
16.834	1.59202	0.0297
17.056	1.57978	0.0201
17.283	1.57125	0.0163
17.517	1.56804	0.0134
17.757	1.56479	0.0107
18.003	1.55895	0.01
18.257	1.55685	0.0137
18.518	1.55505	0.016
18.786	1.55304	0.0125
19.062	1.55	0.00981
19.347	1.54672	0.00757
19.64	1.54316	0.00541
19.942	1.54354	0.0056

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(C₂H₃Cl)_n (Polyvinyl chloride, PVC): all datasets

Zhang et al. 2020: n,k 0.4–20 µm n,k 0.4–19.94 µm default

About (C2H3Cl)n (Polyvinyl chloride, PVC)

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC, (C₂H₃Cl)_n) is one of the most extensively produced synthetic polymers globally. Predominantly known for its durability, resistance to environmental degradation, and versatility, PVC is commonly used in a wide range of products, including piping, cables, clothing, furniture, signage, and various medical devices. In terms of optics, PVC's transparency can be manipulated based on the addition of plasticizers, stabilizers, and other additives, enabling it to be used in applications like transparent films or sheets. However, its inherent chlorine content can render PVC less transparent than other polymers unless adequately treated or modified. PVC exists in both rigid and flexible forms, with flexible PVC often containing significant amounts of plasticizers to impart pliability. While PVC has numerous advantages, it is also a subject of environmental and health concerns, especially when it comes to disposal and potential release of toxic chlorine compounds.

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