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Transparent plastic refractive index test methods are described in ASTM
D0542 (ISO 489), “Index of Refraction of Transparent Organic Plastics.”
Test methods for transmission through clear plastic sheet are described
in ASTM D1746, “Regular Transparency of Clear Sheet, Ratio of
Undiffused Transmission Flux to Incident Flux.” Specular transmission
is a property of transparent plastic sheet to show clearly a relatively dis-
tant object. ASTM D1044 is entitled “Resistance of Transparent Plastics
to Surface Abrasion.”

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