Item | Name |
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CCD camera | Charge Coupled Device camera, line camera in the refractometer optics. |
LA | Light area, sector of an optical image that corresponds to the light that is reflected. |
RI | Refractive index, number that indicates how much the path of light is bent, or refracted, when entering a material. |
QF | Quality factor, dimensionless value, depicting the quality (sharpness) of the optical image. Changes in QF may indicate coating of the prism. |