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From: mark@calvin..westford.ccur.com (Mark Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Material constants for Phong lighting model
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Date: 14 May 91 20:11:05 GMT
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In article <648@smosjc.UUCP> glenn@smosjc.UUCP (Glenn Poole) writes:
>Now for the question:  Does anyone know where can I get a list or library 
>of material properties for some common materials, such as wood, paper, 
>plastic, brushed aluminum, etc?  Best would be a computer file with 
>the Cambient, Cdiffuse, Cspecular and n parameters for a variety of 
>interesting materials.  A list in a book would also be good.

"Illumination and Color in Computer Generated Imagery" by Roy Hall is
an excellent book for describing the problem of realistic surface rendering
and has a number of tables, plots, and guidlines for rendering various
materials. In Hall's book, he references Purdue University (1970)
"Thermophysical Properties of Matter", Thermophysical Properties Research
Center, for the various spectral curves and data for a multitude of
materials.

Hope this helps.
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