Question

speed of light in gallium and zircon stone

Answer 1

Material

Index of Refraction

 

Vacuum

1.0000

<--lowest optical density

Air

1.0003

 

Ice

1.31

 

Water

1.333

 

Ethyl Alcohol

1.36

 

Plexiglas

1.51

 

Crown Glass

1.52

 

Light Flint Glass

1.58

 

Dense Flint Glass

1.66

 

Zircon

1.923

 

Diamond

2.417

 

Rutile

2.907

 

Gallium phosphide

3.50

<--highest optical density