What Is The Percentage Of Light Transmission In Glass?
Dive into the science of light transmission in glass, understand how various factors influence it, and learn the light transmission percentages for different types of glass.
The transmission spectrum of glass shows how light moves through it. This depends on the light's color or wavelength. Learning about light's behavior—bouncing, bending, and absorbing—helps engineers make better glass for things like solar panels and glasses. The type of glass and its thickness change how it works with light.
When light enters glass, it slows down due to the material's refractive index, which typically measures around 1.5. This slowing effect causes light to bend, a phenomenon known as refraction. The refractive index also determines how much light is reflected or absorbed, influencing the overall transmission spectrum of glass.
For example, a glass filter might exhibit an external transmittance of 92% at a wavelength of 589.2 nm, while its internal transmittance—excluding reflection losses—could be 0.98. Understanding the transmission spectrum of glass is essential for both scientific research and practical applications.
Visible Light Transmittance (Tv, %) is the percentage of incident light in the wavelength range of 380 nm to 780 nm that is transmitted by the glass. Visible Light Outdoors/Indoors (Re out/in, %) is the percentage of incident solar energy directly reflected by the glass.
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