Refraction

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-004751",
  "term": "Refraction",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "The bending of light or other electromagnetic waves as they pass from one medium to another with a different refractive index. In metallurgy, this principle is applied in optical microscopy to analyze the microstructure of polished metal samples. Different phases within an alloy can exhibit varying refractive properties.",
  "subject": "Metallurgy",
  "see_also": [
    "angle of refraction",
    "overrefraction"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "Feuerfestigkeit",
    "es": "refracción",
    "fr": "réfractarité"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/refraction/"
}