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::: Refractive Index and Refractive Dispersion of Hydrocarbon Liquids and Petroleum Products
General Procedure
Measurement of refractive index and refractive Hydrocarbons and their vapors are flammable. More-
dispersion, accurate to four decimals or better, of over, hydrocarbons and their vapors can be harmful if
transparent, light-colored or strongly colored hydro- inhaled. Avoid contact with the skin. It is in the
carbons in the range of 1.33 to 1.50 (or above) at responsibility of the user of this method to establish
temperatures from 20C to 30C (or above). Refractive appropriate safety and health practices and determine
index and refractive dispersion are physical properties, the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to its use.
which can be used to characterize pure hydrocarbons
and their mixtures.
Apparatus
Terminology of Refractive Dispersion The measuring prism of Abbemat must be kept clean.
The instrument should be calibrated against a refractive
The difference between the refractive indexes of a index standard provided by Anton Paar.
substance for light of two different wavelengths, both
indexes being measured at the same temperature. The The temperature control of the liquid being examined
value of difference is usually multiplied by 10 000. For and the cleanliness of the prism should be checked
more information about refractive dispersion please see frequently by determining the refractive index of distilled
the application note Dispersion and Abbe Number. water, which is 1.3329860.00002 (Abbemat HP model,
or 0.00004 (Abbemat WR(-MW) model) at 20 C and
589 nm wavelength.
Ethanol 1.3614 78
Ethyl acetate 1.3724 77