(reflectance, reflectivity) The fraction of the total luminous flux incident upon a surface that is reflected, generally a function of the color (wavelength) of the light. (Johnson SF (2001) History of light and colour measurement: A science in the shadows. Taylor & Francis, UK; Saleh BEA, Teich MC (1991) Fundamentals of photonics. Wiley, New York) See also Light Absorbance and Light Transmittance.
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Gooch, J.W. (2011). Light Reflectance. In: Gooch, J.W. (eds) Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6247-8_6899
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