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. 1973 Nov-Dec;77A(6):755–763. doi: 10.6028/jres.077A.046

Table 7.

Change in refractive index, (Δn), as a function of temperature at 587.6 nm

Temperature °C Fused SiO2 Calcium aluminate glass F75 Phosphate glass F1329 Barium borate glass E1583 Germanate glass F998
−200 −11.8 × 10−4 −9.3 × 10−4 −6.1 × 10−4 4.6 × 10−4 −10.0 × 10−4
−190 −11.6 −9.1 −6.0 4.2 −9.8
−180 −11.3 −8.8 −5.8 3.9 −9.6
−170 −11.0 −8.6 −5.5 3.6 −9.4
−160 −10.7 −8.3 −5.3 3.3 −9.1
−150 −10.3 −7.9 −5.1 3.1 −8.7
−140 −9.8 −7.6 −4.8 2.8 −8.4
−130 −9.3 −7.2 −4.6 2.5 −8.0
−120 −8.8 −6.8 −4.3 2.3 −7.5
−110 −8.2 −6.4 −4.0 2.0 −7.1
−100 −7.6 −5.9 −3.7 1.8 −6.6
−90 −6.9 −5.4 −3.4 1.6 −6.0
−80 −6.2 −4.9 −3.1 1.4 −5.5
−70 −5.5 −4.4 −2.7 1.2 −4.9
−60 −4.8 −3.8 −2.4 1.0 −4.3
−50 −4.0 −3.2 −2.0 0.8 −3.6
−40 −3.2×10−4 −2.6×10−4 −1.6×10−4 0.6×10-4 −3.0×10−4
−30 −2.4 −2.0 −1.2 0.4 −2.3
−20 −1.6 −1.4 −0.8 0.3 −1.5
−10 −0.8 −0.7 −0.4 0.1 −0.8
0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0
10 0.9 0.7 0.4 −0.1 0.8
20 1.7 1.4 0.9 −0.3 1.6
30 2.5 2.2 1.3 −0.4 2.5
40 3.4 3.0 1.8 −0.5 3.4
50 4.3 3.7 2.3 −0.5 4.3
60 5.3 4.5 2.8 −0.6 5.2
70 6.2 5.4 3.3 −0.7 6.2
80 7.2 6.2 3.8 −0.8 7.1
90 8.2 7.1 4.4 −0.8 8.1
100 9.2 7.9 4.9 −0.9 9.1
110 10.2 8.8 5.5 −0.9 10.2
120 11.2 9.7 6.1 −0.9 11.2
130 12.3 10.6 6.6 −0.9 12.3
140 13.3 11.6 7.2 −0.9 13.4
150 14.4 12.5 7.9 −0.9 14.5
160 15.5 13.5 8.5 −0.9 15.6
170 16.6 14.5 9.1 −0.9 16.8
180 17.8 15.4 9.8 −0.9 17.9
190 18.9 16.4 10.4 −0.8 19.1
200 20.1 17.4 11.1 −0.8 20.3
210 21.2 18.5 11.8 −0.7 21.5
220 22.4 19.5 12.5 −0.6 22.7
230 23.6 20.5 13.2 −0.5 24.0
240 24.8 21.6 13.9 −0.5 25.2
250 26.1 22.6 14.6 −0.4 26.5
260 27.3 23.7 15.4 −0.2 27.8
270 28.5 24.8 16.1 −0.1 29.0
280 29.8 25.9 16.9 0.0 30.3
290 31.1 27.0 17.7 0.1 31.7
300 32.4 28.1 18.5 0.3 33.0
310 33.7 29.2 19.3 0.4 34.3
320 35.0 30.3 20.1 0.6 35.6
330 36.3 31.4 20.9 0.8 37.0
340 37.6 32.5 21.8 1.0 38.3
350 38.9 33.6 22.6 1.2 40.0
360 40.3 34.8 23.5 1.4 41.1
370 41.6 35.9 24.4 1.6 42.4
380 43.0 37.0 25.3 1.8 43.8
390 44.4 38.2 26.2 2.0 45.2
400 45.7 39.3 27.1 2.3 46.6
410 47.1 40.5 28.0 2.5 48.0
420 48.5 41.6 29.0 2.8 49.4
430 49.9 42.7 29.9 3.1 50.8
440 51.3 43.9 30.9 3.3 52.2
450 52.7 45.0 31.9 3.6 53.6
460 54.2 46.2 32.9 3.9 55.0
470 55.6 47.3 33.9 4.3 56.4
480 57.0 48.5 34.9 4.6 57.8
490 58.4 49.6 35.9 4.9 59.2
500 59.9 50.7 37.0 5.2 60.6
510 61.3 51.9 38.0 62.0
520 62.8 53.0 39.1 63.4
530 64.2 54.1 40.2 64.8
540 65.7 55.3 66.2
550 67.1 56.4 67.6
560 68.6 57.5 69.0
570 70.0 58.6 70.4
580 71.5 59.7 71.8
590 72.9 60.8 73.1
600 74.4 61.9 74.5
610 75.9 75.9
620 77.3 77.2
630 78.8 78.6
640 80.2 79.9
650 81.7