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| Photon |
 Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:20 pm |
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Folks,
Besides PMMA (acrylic) and polycarbonate, what other plastic optical
materials are there that can be molded?
Thanks
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| Photon |
| Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 3:26 pm |
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On Jan 18, 5:10 pm, Joseph Gwinn <joegw...@comcast.net> wrote:
Thanks for the info.
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| Joseph Gwinn |
| Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:10 pm |
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In article
<013dc903-e76a-4c8e-942f-7c36ec5f2d9f@u10g2000prn.googlegroups.com>,
Photon <ximinzhao@gmail.com> wrote:
Quote: Folks,
Besides PMMA (acrylic) and polycarbonate, what other plastic optical
materials are there that can be molded?
CR39, used to make plastic lenses for eyeglasses.
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| Paul Mathews |
| Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 4:37 pm |
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On Jan 16, 4:20 pm, Photon <ximinz...@gmail.com> wrote:
Quote: Folks,
Besides PMMA (acrylic) and polycarbonate, what other plastic optical
materials are there that can be molded?
Thanks
P
Dare I add polystyrene? It still has its uses.
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| Leonard Migliore |
| Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:50 pm |
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In article
<96a75084-87c9-42c4-8b32-a4d5f3c3a17d@e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
Paul Mathews <opto@whidbey.com> wrote:
Quote: On Jan 16, 4:20 pm, Photon <ximinz...@gmail.com> wrote:
Folks,
Besides PMMA (acrylic) and polycarbonate, what other plastic optical
materials are there that can be molded?
Thanks
P
Dare I add polystyrene? It still has its uses.
Paul Mathews
How come nobody mention CR-39 (allyl diglycol carbonate)? Millions of
eyeglass lenses made of it. |
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| serebryakov1974@gmail.com |
| Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:49 am |
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Hi,
AFAIK there are the following plastic materials in use:
Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA): 1.491756 57.440791
Polycarbonate (PC): 1.58547 29.9092
Zeonex (Amorphous Polyolefin):
E48R 1.531160 56.0438
480R 1.525279 55.9508
330R 1.509415 55.8743
SP1516 1.6142 25.5917
PYREX 1.474009 65.3864
COC (Cyclic Olefin Copolymer) 1.533732 56.2279
SAN (Styrene Acrylonitrile) 1.567440 34.8123
Regards,
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