Input interpretation
group 12 elements | refractive index
Results
zinc | 1.00205 cadmium | (data not available) mercury | 1.000933 copernicium | (data not available)
group 12 elements | refractive index | 1.001491 (median) (based on 2 values; 2 unavailable)
Ranked values
| visual | ratios | | comparisons mercury | | 0.998885 | 1 | 0.1115% smaller zinc | | 1 | 1.001116 | 0.1116% larger
Comparisons for median refractive index 1.001491
≈ 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 )
≈ 1.001 × refractive index of air at 0 °C and 590 nm light wavelength ( ≈ 1.0002924 )