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Gloss Meter

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Glossmeter

Definition

A gloss meter is an instrument that is used to measure the specular reflection gloss of a surface. Gloss is determined by projecting a beam of light of an intensity at a fixed angle onto a surface and measuring the amount of reflected light at an equal but opposite angle.

Introduction

The gloss meter measures gloss intensity under a fixed set of illumination and viewing conditions [1–3]. Figure 1 shows the configuration of both illumination source and a detector across a limited range of observation reception angles. The measurement results of a gloss meter are related to the amount of reflected light from a black glass standard with a defined refractive index. The ratio between the reflected and incident light for the specimen across a range of angles is compared with the ratio for the gloss standard, and is recorded as gloss units (GU).

Gloss Meter, Fig. 1
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(a) Schematic diagram of gloss measurement and (b) Gloss meter

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  1. Hunter R.S.: Methods of Determining Gloss. NBS Research Paper RP 958, J. Res. NBS, 18, 77, 281 (1937)

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  2. Jones, L.A.: The gloss characteristics of photographic papers. J. Opt. Soc. Am. 6, 140 (1922)

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University, 2 Pei-Ning Road, 20224, Keelung, Taiwan

    Bor-Jiunn Wen

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Modern, Optical Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

    Ming Ronnier Luo

  2. School of Design, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

    Ming Ronnier Luo

  3. Graduate Institute of Colour and Illumination, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Ming Ronnier Luo

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Wen, BJ. (2016). Gloss Meter. In: Luo, M.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8071-7_355

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