Index of Refraction values reference for 3d modeling. This is not scientifically accurate, just a "what works best" for gaming and 3D modeling.
Material | Min | Max |
---|---|---|
Acetone | 1.360 | - |
Acrylic Glass | 1.490 | 1.492 |
Actinolite | 1.618 | - |
Agalmatoite | 1.550 | - |
Agate | 1.544 | 1.553 |
Agate, Moss | 1.540 | - |
Air | 1.000 | - |
Alcohol | 1.329 | - |
Alcohol, Ethyl (grain) | 1.360 | - |
Alcohol, Methyl (wood) | 1.329 | - |
Alexandrite | 1.746 | 1.755 |
Almandine | 1.244 | - |
Aluminum | 1.244 | - |
Aluminum Chloride | 2.700 | - |
Aluminum Oxide | 1.665 | - |
Amber | 1.539 | 1.546 |
Amblygonite | 1.611 | - |
Amethyst | 1.532 | 1.554 |
Ammolite | 1.520 | 1.680 |
Amorphous Selenium | 2.920 | - |
Anatase | 2.490 | - |
Andalusite | 1.629 | 1.650 |
Anhydrite | 1.571 | - |
Apatite | 1.420 | 1.632 |
Apophyllite | 1.536 | - |
Aquamarine | 1.567 | - |
Aragonite | 1.530 | - |
Argon | 1.000 | - |
Argonite | 1.530 | - |
Asphalt | 1.635 | - |
Augelite | 1.574 | - |
Axenite | 1.674 | 1.704 |
Axinite | 1.675 | - |
Azurite | 1.730 | - |
Barite | 1.636 | - |
Barytocalcite | 1.684 | - |
Beer | 1.345 | - |
Benitoite | 1.757 | - |
Benzene | 1.501 | - |
Beryl | 1.570 | 1.600 |
Beryl, Red | 1.570 | 1.598 |
Beryllonite | 1.553 | - |
Borax | 1.446 | - |
Brazilianite | 1.603 | - |
Bromine (liquid) | 1.661 | - |
Bronze | 1.180 | - |
Brownite | 1.567 | - |
Calcite | 1.486 | - |
Calspar | 1.486 | 1.660 |
Cancrinite | 1.491 | - |
Carbon Dioxide | 1.000 | - |
Carbon Disulfide | 1.628 | - |
Carbon Tetrachloride | 1.460 | - |
Carbonated Beverages | 1.340 | - |
Cassiterite | 1.997 | - |
Celestite | 1.622 | - |
Cerussite | 1.804 | - |
Ceylanite | 1.770 | - |
Chalcedony | 1.544 | 1.553 |
Chalk | 1.510 | - |
Chalybite | 1.630 | - |
Chlorine (gas) | 1.001 | - |
Chlorine (liquid) | 1.385 | - |
Chrome Green | 2.400 | - |
Chrome Red | 2.420 | - |
Chrome Tourmaline | 1.610 | 1.640 |
Chrome Yellow | 2.310 | - |
Chromium | 2.970 | - |
Chromium Oxide | 2.705 | - |
Chrysoberyl | 1.745 | - |
Chrysocolla | 1.500 | - |
Chrysoprase | 1.534 | - |
Cinnabar (Mecury Sulfide) | 3.020 | - |
Citrine | 1.532 | - |
Cleaner (all purpose) | 1.293 | - |
Clinohumite | 1.625 | - |
Clinozoisite | 1.724 | - |
Cobalt Blue | 1.740 | - |
Cobalt Green | 1.970 | - |
Cobalt Violet | 1.710 | - |
Colemanite | 1.586 | - |
Copper | 1.100 | 2.430 |
Copper Oxide | 2.705 | - |
Coral | 1.486 | - |
Cordierite | 1.540 | - |
Corundum | 1.766 | - |
Cranberry Juice (25%) | 1.351 | - |
Crocoite | 2.310 | - |
Cromite | 2.160 | - |
Crown Glass (impure) | 1.485 | 1.755 |
Crown Glass (pure) | 1.500 | 1.540 |
Cryolite | 1.338 | - |
Crysoberyl, Catseye | 1.746 | 1.755 |
Crystal | 2.000 | - |
Cubic Zirconia | 2.150 | 2.180 |
Cuprite | 2.850 | - |
Danburite | 1.627 | 1.641 |
Diamond | 2.418 | - |
Diopside | 1.680 | - |
Dolomite | 1.503 | - |
Dumortierite | 1.686 | - |
Ebonite | 1.660 | - |
Ekanite | 1.600 | - |
Elaeolite | 1.532 | - |
Emerald | 1.560 | 1.605 |
Emerald Catseye | 1.560 | 1.605 |
Emerald, Synth Flux | 1.561 | - |
Emerald, Synth Hydro | 1.568 | - |
Enstatite | 1.663 | - |
Epidote | 1.733 | - |
Ethanol | 1.360 | - |
Ethyl Alcohol | 1.360 | - |
Euclase | 1.652 | - |
Eye, Aqueous Humor | 1.330 | - |
Eye, Cornea | 1.380 | - |
Eye, Lens | 1.410 | - |
Eye, Vitreous Humor | 1.340 | - |
Fabulite | 2.409 | - |
Feldspar, Adventurine | 1.532 | - |
Feldspar, Albite | 1.525 | - |
Feldspar, Amazonite | 1.525 | - |
Feldspar, Labrodorite | 1.565 | - |
Feldspar, Microcline | 1.525 | - |
Feldspar, Oligoclase | 1.539 | - |
Feldspar, Orthoclase | 1.525 | - |
Flint Glass (impure) | 1.523 | 1.925 |
Flint Glass (pure) | 1.600 | 1.620 |
Flourite | 1.433 | - |
Fluoride | 1.560 | - |
Fluorite | 1.434 | - |
Formica | 1.470 | - |
Fused Quartz | 1.460 | - |
Gallium(III) Arsenide | 3.927 | - |
Gallium(III) Phosphide | 3.500 | - |
Garnet, Almandine | 1.760 | - |
Garnet, Almandite | 1.790 | - |
Garnet, Andradite | 1.820 | - |
Garnet, Demantiod | 1.880 | 1.900 |
Garnet, Grossular | 1.720 | 1.800 |
Garnet, Hessonite | 1.745 | - |
Garnet, Mandarin | 1.790 | 1.800 |
Garnet, Pyrope | 1.730 | 1.760 |
Garnet, Rhodolite | 1.740 | 1.770 |
Garnet, Spessartite | 1.810 | - |
Garnet, Tsavorite | 1.739 | 1.744 |
Garnet, Uvarovite | 1.740 | 1.870 |
Gaylussite | 1.517 | - |
Glass | 1.500 | - |
Glass, Albite | 1.489 | - |
Glass, Arsenic Trisulfide | 2.040 | - |
Glass, Crown | 1.520 | - |
Glass, Crown, Zinc | 1.517 | - |
Glass, Flint, 29% lead | 1.569 | - |
Glass, Flint, 55% lead | 1.669 | - |
Glass, Flint, 71% lead | 1.805 | - |
Glass, Flint, Dense | 1.660 | - |
Glass, Flint, Heaviest | 1.890 | - |
Glass, Flint, Heavy | 1.655 | - |
Glass, Flint, Lanthanum | 1.800 | - |
Glass, Flint, Light | 1.580 | - |
Glass, Flint, Medium | 1.627 | - |
Glass, Fused Silica | 1.459 | - |
Glass, Pyrex | 1.474 | - |
Glycerine | 1.473 | - |
Glycerol | 1.473 | - |
Gold | 0.470 | - |
Gypsium | 1.519 | - |
Hambergite | 1.559 | - |
Hauyn | 1.490 | 1.505 |
Hauynite | 1.502 | - |
Heaviest Flint Glass | 1.890 | - |
Heavy Flint Glass | 1.650 | - |
Helium | 1.000 | - |
Hematite | 2.940 | - |
Hemimorphite | 1.614 | - |
Hiddenite | 1.655 | - |
Honey, 13% water content | 1.504 | - |
Honey, 17% water content | 1.494 | - |
Honey, 21% water content | 1.484 | - |
Howlite | 1.586 | - |
Hydrogen (gas) | 1.000 | - |
Hydrogen (liquid) | 1.097 | - |
Hypersthene | 1.670 | - |
Ice | 1.309 | - |
Idocrase | 1.713 | - |
Iodine Crystal | 3.340 | - |
Iolite | 1.522 | 1.578 |
Iron | 2.950 | - |
Ivory | 1.540 | - |
Jade, Jadeite | 1.640 | 1.667 |
Jade, Nephrite | 1.600 | 1.641 |
Jadeite | 1.665 | - |
Jasper | 1.540 | - |
Jet | 1.660 | - |
Kornerupine | 1.665 | - |
Kunzite | 1.660 | 1.676 |
Kyanite | 1.715 | - |
Labradorite | 1.560 | 1.572 |
Lapis Gem | 1.500 | - |
Lapis Lazuli | 1.500 | 1.550 |
Lazulite | 1.615 | - |
Lead | 2.010 | - |
Lead Nitrate | 1.782 | - |
Leucite | 1.509 | - |
Light Flint Glass | 1.575 | - |
Liquid Carbon Dioxide | 1.200 | - |
Liquid Water (20deg C) | 1.333 | - |
Lucite | 1.495 | - |
Magnesite | 1.515 | - |
Malachite | 1.655 | - |
Meerschaum | 1.530 | - |
Mercury (liquid) | 1.620 | - |
Methanol | 1.329 | - |
Milk | 1.350 | - |
Moissanite | 2.650 | 2.690 |
Moldavite | 1.500 | - |
Moonstone | 1.518 | 1.526 |
Moonstone, Adularia | 1.525 | - |
Moonstone, Albite | 1.535 | - |
Morganite | 1.585 | 1.594 |
Mylar | 1.650 | - |
Natrolite | 1.480 | - |
Nephrite | 1.600 | - |
Nickel | 1.080 | - |
Nitrogen (gas) | 1.000 | - |
Nitrogen (liquid) | 1.205 | - |
Nylon | 1.530 | - |
Obsidian | 1.486 | 1.500 |
Oil of Wintergreen | 1.536 | - |
Oil, Clove | 1.535 | - |
Oil, Lemon | 1.481 | - |
Oil, Neroli | 1.482 | - |
Oil, Orange | 1.473 | - |
Oil, Safflower | 1.466 | - |
Oil, vegetable (50deg C) | 1.470 | - |
Olivine | 1.670 | - |
Onyx | 1.486 | - |
Onyx Marble | 1.486 | - |
Opal | 1.450 | - |
Opal, Black | 1.440 | 1.460 |
Opal, Fire | 1.430 | 1.460 |
Opal, White | 1.440 | 1.460 |
Oregon Sunstone | 1.560 | 1.572 |
Oxygen (gas) | 1.000 | - |
Oxygen (liquid) | 1.221 | - |
Padparadja | 1.760 | 1.773 |
Painite | 1.787 | - |
Pearl | 1.530 | 1.690 |
Periclase | 1.740 | - |
Peristerite | 1.525 | - |
PET | 1.575 | - |
Petalite | 1.502 | - |
PETG | 1.570 | - |
Phenakite | 1.650 | - |
Phosgenite | 2.117 | - |
Plastic | 1.460 | - |
Platinum | 2.330 | - |
Plexiglas | 1.500 | - |
PMMA | 1.489 | 1.490 |
Polycarbonate | 1.584 | - |
Polystyrene | 1.550 | - |
Prase | 1.540 | - |
Prasiolite | 1.540 | - |
Prehnite | 1.610 | - |
Proustite | 2.790 | - |
Purpurite | 1.840 | - |
Pyrite | 1.810 | - |
Pyrope | 1.740 | - |
Quartz | 1.544 | 1.644 |
Quartz, Fused | 1.458 | - |
Rhodizite | 1.690 | - |
Rhodochrisite | 1.600 | - |
Rhodonite | 1.735 | - |
Rock salt | 1.516 | 1.544 |
Rubber, Natural | 1.519 | - |
Ruby | 1.757 | 1.779 |
Rum, White | 1.361 | - |
Rutile | 2.620 | - |
Salt (NaCl) | 1.544 | - |
Sanidine | 1.522 | - |
Sapphire | 1.757 | 1.779 |
Sapphire, Star | 1.760 | 1.773 |
Scapolite | 1.540 | - |
Scapolite, Yellow | 1.555 | - |
Scheelite | 1.920 | - |
Selenium, Amorphous | 2.920 | - |
Serpentine | 1.560 | - |
Shampoo | 1.362 | - |
Shell | 1.530 | - |
Shower gel | 1.510 | - |
Silicon | 4.010 | 4.240 |
Sillimanite | 1.658 | - |
Silver | 0.180 | 1.350 |
Sinhalite | 1.699 | - |
Smaragdite | 1.608 | - |
Smithsonite | 1.621 | - |
Sodalite | 1.483 | - |
Sodium Chloride | 1.544 | 1.644 |
Spessarite | 1.790 | 1.810 |
Sphalerite | 2.368 | - |
Sphene | 1.885 | - |
Spinel | 1.712 | 1.717 |
Spinel, Blue | 1.712 | 1.747 |
Spinel, Red | 1.708 | 1.735 |
Spodumene | 1.650 | - |
Star Ruby | 1.760 | 1.773 |
Staurolite | 1.739 | - |
Steatite | 1.539 | - |
Steel | 2.500 | - |
Stichtite | 1.520 | - |
Strontium Titanate | 2.410 | - |
Styrofoam | 1.595 | - |
Styrene | 1.519 | - |
Sugar Solution 30% | 1.380 | - |
Sugar Solution 80% | 1.490 | - |
Sulphur | 1.960 | - |
Synthetic Spinel | 1.730 | - |
Taaffeite | 1.720 | - |
Tantalite | 2.240 | - |
Tanzanite | 1.692 | 1.700 |
Teflon | 1.350 | 1.380 |
Thomsonite | 1.530 | - |
Tiger eye | 1.544 | - |
Tin Iodide | 2.106 | - |
Titanium | 2.160 | - |
Topaz | 1.607 | 1.627 |
Topaz, Blue | 1.610 | - |
Topaz, Imperial | 1.605 | 1.640 |
Topaz, Pink | 1.620 | - |
Topaz, White | 1.630 | - |
Topaz, Yellow | 1.620 | - |
Tourmaline | 1.603 | 1.655 |
Tourmaline, Blue | 1.610 | 1.640 |
Tourmaline, Catseye | 1.610 | 1.640 |
Tourmaline, Green | 1.610 | 1.640 |
Tourmaline, Paraiba | 1.610 | 1.650 |
Tourmaline, Red | 1.610 | 1.640 |
Tremolite | 1.600 | - |
Tugtupite | 1.496 | - |
Turpentine | 1.472 | - |
Turquoise | 1.610 | 1.650 |
Ulexite | 1.490 | - |
Uvarovite | 1.870 | - |
Vacuum | 1.000 | - |
Variscite | 1.550 | - |
Vivianite | 1.580 | - |
Vodka | 1.363 | - |
Wardite | 1.590 | - |
Water (0 deg C) | 1.333 | - |
Water (100 deg C) | 1.318 | - |
Water (20 deg C) | 1.333 | - |
Water (gas) | 1.000 | - |
Water (35 deg C) | 1.325 | - |
Water Ice | 1.310 | - |
Whisky | 1.356 | - |
Wulfenite | 2.300 | - |
Zinc Crown Glass | 1.517 | - |
Zincite | 2.010 | - |
Zircon | 1.777 | 1.987 |
Zircon, High | 1.960 | - |
Zircon, Low | 1.800 | - |
Zirconia, Cubic | 2.173 | 2.210 |