Relative temperature coefficient refractive index

The index of refraction is affected by temperature variations. This can be ascertained through the temperature coefficient of refractive index, denoted dn /dT. Hence, the Abbe number also changes with temperature. There are two ways of showing the temperature coefficient of the refractive index. One is the absolute temperature coefficient of refractive index dn ldT), measured in a vacuum, and the other is the relative temperature coefficient of refractive index dn-JdT),, measured in ambient air (101.3 kPa in dry air). They are related by the following formula ... 

It was mentioned in Chapter 4 that aerosol particles scatter and absorb solar radiation. These processes depend upon the concentration, size distribution, form, refractive index and absorption coefficient of the particles, as well as upon the wavelength of the radiation. In the case of water-soluble particles the extinction is also controlled by relative humidity (see Section 4.5). The energy absorbed by particles leads to an increase of temperature, while backscattering produces an energy loss for the system. Sines this energy loss may be characterized by the albedo, it is proposed to examine first the relation between albedo and temperature in surface air. 

The thermophysical and thermodynamic properties of liquid water as well as its chemical properties, all depend on the temperature and the pressure. The thermophysical and thermodynamic properties include the density p, the molar volume V = M/p, the isothermal compressibility/ct = P (dp/d P)t = —V (dV/dP)T, the isobaric expansibility ap = —p dp/dT)p = V dV/dT)p, the saturation vapour pressure p, the molar enthalpy of vapourization Ayf7, the isobaric molar heat capacity Cp, the Hildebrand solubility parameter 3h = [(Ay// —RT)/ the surface tension y, the dynamic viscosity rj, the relative permittivity Sr, the refractive index (at the sodium D-line) and the self-diffusion coefficient T>. These are shown... 

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