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TYNDALL PHENOMENON [1 record]

Record 1 2003-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • The Eye
  • Rubber
  • Physics
DEF

The reflection of light beam passing through a colloid which identifies the presence of suspended particles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Oeil
  • Caoutchouc
  • Physique
DEF

Diffusion de la lumière par les particules présentes dans un liquide ou un gaz.

OBS

Cet effet permet de visualiser les hétérogénéités des milieux oculaires [...] signes d'une inflammation de l'iris et/ou du corps ciliaire.

Key term(s)
  • phénomène de Tyndall

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
  • Ojo
  • Caucho
  • Física
DEF

Efecto según el cual un haz luminoso que atraviesa una suspensión coloidal produce fluorescencia con luz polarizada.

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