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Birefringence
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This webpage from Davidson provides a description of experiments in birefringence using calcite. Photos show the double images produced by calcite crystals, with explanation provided in text and a diagram of sodium nitrate and calcite crystals. A link provides images of a polarization experiment.
https://webphysics.davidson.edu/alumni/milee/jlab/crystallography_...
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Polarize, crystals, extraordinary, fast ray, ordinary, ray, slow ray
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Metadata instance created January 28, 2009 by Logan Hancock
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(Davidson College Dept of Physics, Davidson, 1998), WWW Document, (https://webphysics.davidson.edu/alumni/milee/jlab/crystallography_www/birefringence.htm).
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Birefringence (Davidson College Dept of Physics, Davidson, 1998), <https://webphysics.davidson.edu/alumni/milee/jlab/crystallography_www/birefringence.htm>.
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Birefringence. (2008, January 2). Retrieved May 2, 2025, from Davidson College Dept of Physics: https://webphysics.davidson.edu/alumni/milee/jlab/crystallography_www/birefringence.htm
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Davidson College Dept of Physics. Birefringence. Davidson: Davidson College Dept of Physics, January 2, 2008. https://webphysics.davidson.edu/alumni/milee/jlab/crystallography_www/birefringence.htm (accessed 2 May 2025).
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Birefringence. Davidson: Davidson College Dept of Physics, 1998. 2 Jan. 2008. 2 May 2025 <https://webphysics.davidson.edu/alumni/milee/jlab/crystallography_www/birefringence.htm>.
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