Water and Steam Refractive Index

Computes the index of refraction of water and steam
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Updated 10 Apr 2014

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Computes the index of refraction using the 1997 release of the IAPWS available on http://www.iapws.org
The density can be obtained from pressure and temperature using XSteam, IAPWS_IF97 or similar solutions available on the Matlab File Exchange. An example is included, which requires IAPWS_IF97 (not included).

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Martin Klein Schaarsberg (2026). Water and Steam Refractive Index (https://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/46179-water-and-steam-refractive-index), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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Created with R2013b
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1.2.0.0

fixed vectorization bugs

1.1.0.0

Added example file

1.0.0.0