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Gloss Meter

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Glossmeter

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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).

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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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  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. School of Design University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

    Ronnier Luo

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Wen, BJ. (2015). Gloss Meter. In: Luo, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27851-8_355-1

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