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What is the refractive index of alcohol?


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Refractive index:

  1. Alcohol has a refractive index of 1.36.
  2. The refractive index is the ratio of light's speed in a vacuum to its speed in a particular medium.
  3. Refractive index can also be written as n=Cv.
  4. In descriptive text, the refractive index variable is most commonly represented by the letter n or n'.


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