Title: total internal reflection
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - total internal reflection
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.08700
Status: current

Definition
Internal reflection from a non-absorbing material at angles of incidence at or above the critical angle.

Source
- PAC, 2021, 93, 647. 'Glossary of methods and terms used in analytical spectroscopy (IUPAC Recommendations 2019)' on page 767 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0203)

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Citation: Citation: 'total internal reflection' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.08700
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