Compensator, Full-Wave (Or Red Plate)
A compensator (usually a plate of gypsum, selenite or quartz) that introduces a fixed retardation between 530 to 550 nm (approximately the retardation of the first order red color on the Michel-Lvy chart
Committee
Interdisciplinary
Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ANSI/ASTM E1732-24 Standard Terminology Relating to Forensic Science. ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428, 2024.
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