Input interpretation
elements | refractive index
Summary
median | 1.000773 highest | 2.417 (carbon) lowest | 1.000035 (helium) | (based on 19 values; 99 unavailable)
Entities with missing values
lithium | beryllium | boron | sodium | magnesium | aluminum | silicon | potassium | calcium | scandium | ... (total: 99)
Distribution plots
Refractive index rankings
1 | helium | 1.000035 2 | neon | 1.000067 3 | hydrogen | 1.000132 4 | fluorine | 1.000195 5 | oxygen | 1.000271 6 | argon | 1.000281 7 | nitrogen | 1.000298 8 | krypton | 1.000427 9 | xenon | 1.000702 10 | chlorine | 1.000773 11 | selenium | 1.000895 12 | mercury | 1.000933 13 | tellurium | 1.000991 14 | sulfur | 1.001111 15 | bromine | 1.001132 16 | phosphorus | 1.001212 17 | arsenic | 1.001552 18 | zinc | 1.00205 19 | carbon | 2.417 (based on 19 values; 99 unavailable)
Comparisons for median refractive index 1.000773
≈ 0.74 × refractive index of milk at 590 nm light wavelength ( ≈ 1.3 )
≈ 0.75 × refractive index of water at 0 °C and 590 nm light wavelength ( ≈ 1.3 )
≈ 1.0005 × refractive index of air at 0 °C and 590 nm light wavelength ( ≈ 1.0002924 )