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Image: Birefringence Stress Plastic

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Description: Stress induced birefringence in plastic. The rainbow coloured fringes become visible when illuminated with polarised light and photographed through a crossed polariser.
Title: Birefringence Stress Plastic
Credit: Own work
Author: Zephyris
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Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
License Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
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