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Composite Materials

Common composites, like plastic and paint, are composed of a dielectric binder with metal pigments suspended in them. As a result, they combine the reflective properties of metals and dieletrics. Their specular reflection is dielectric, their diffuse reflection is like metal.


David Blythe
Thu Jul 17 21:24:28 PDT 1997