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    Impact resistance of polycarbonate

    OK I'm trying to understand what your saying. Is there any way you could "dumb" that down for me? :)
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    Impact resistance of polycarbonate

    So I'm working on an article about the imapact resistance of ophthalmic lens materials. The two main lens materials used are those of a hard resin called CR-39 and the other is polycarbonate. I have been looking for something that describes the difference in their ability to withstand certain...
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    Study Tips Help: Get Ready for Your Certification Test

    The basic test was fairly easy. I had the advantage of being in the industry for many years before hand. The advanced test is the real bear though! Once I get past that I write my research paper and I get to be an Certified Master Optician. Woo Hoo! Don't know what good it will do me but what...
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    Study Tips Help: Get Ready for Your Certification Test

    Great idea with the colored post-its! I'm taking the ABO Advanced exam in a few weeks! Thanks for the tips!
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    Study Tips Help: Get Ready for Your Certification Test

    Study Tips! Help! So I have two weeks left 'till I take an advanced certification test for my job! I need to cram big time. It's been years since I've been in school (even there I didn't really study) so my study skills have declined over the years. What tips and tricks do you use? Thanks!:biggrin:
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    Polycarb vs Acetone: Why Does Acetone Damage Polycarbonate?

    Why does Acetone damage Polycarbonate?
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    Good book for introduction to chemistry

    Hello I am looking for a good book that will give me an introduction to chemistry. I work in the optical field (glasses, contacts etc.) and work with plastic monomers and polymers and would like to know a little more about them and why the react to certain conditions the way that they do. Any...
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    Lens Aberrations: 1st, 3rd & 2nd Orders Explained

    Much of this is still new to me what does ^ mean? Thanks for the answer though. It has cleared a few things up!
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    Lens Aberrations: 1st, 3rd & 2nd Orders Explained

    I was doing some reading on lens aberrations and saw some referance to 1st and 3rd order aberrations. What are they and what is the differance? Are there and 2nd order aberrations?
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    Understanding Anti-Reflective Coatings: How Do They Work?

    Oh so a wave will turn back on itself and cancel it out, But how does the film increase light transmition? And this might be a stupid question but what happens to the wave when it is put out of phase? Does it disapear?
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    Understanding Anti-Reflective Coatings: How Do They Work?

    Now how exactly do they cancel on another out? Do the photon colide making them dissapear? As for the increased light transmition do how does that happen?
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    Understanding Anti-Reflective Coatings: How Do They Work?

    What happens when light encounters a thin film or anti-reflective coating? I know that a/r coatings are based on the principle of constructive and destructive interference. So do some photons turn on each other an cancel each other out and do others team up to increase light transmition? If some...
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    Quanta vs. Photon: What's the Difference?

    I was reading a book on light and the terms quanta and photon were used for what seemed like the same thing. Whats the differance?
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    How do I do long division again?

    I am totally helpless without a calculator. It's something I am trying to work on that's how I found this place. :-p
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    What would WWII be like if it was fought online?

    HA! Thats awsome! I have to show the Doctor at my work, he's a huge WWII buff and would love it! :smile:
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