Chinese Gray Goat Hair

This is a photograph of the prepared "Chinese Gray Goat Hair" slide from the Cargille Hair Standard set.

Transmitted Crossed Linear Polarized Light

Definition/Function:

Significance in the Environment:

Characteristic Features:

Wool has a refractive index along its length of about 1.56 and perpendicular to its length of about 1.55. It has a birefringence of about 0.01 and a positive sign of elongation.

Associated Particles:

References:

Von Bergen, Werner, WOOL HANDBOOK: VOLUME ONE, Interscience Publishers, pp. 364-365, 1963