Re: ATM Re: Coated plastic lenses

[<richas@catholic.org>]

Rob, do you realize the implications of what you have 
revealed?  Some day we may be making lenses out of PLASTIC 
COKE BOTTLES!!!!

We need some enterprizing amateur to find a way to melt the 
polycarbonate and form it into lens blanks that are thick 
enough to make meaningful lenses.

 . . Richard

Lmcngc@aol.com said:

> 
> Hi Dominic
> Plastic lenses are coated with MgF and quartz. Most
> Hi Index plastic lenses come with some kind of anti-
> reflective coating as standard because of the low 
abbe                        
>                 value of the material. Hi index plastic 
lenses are also
> mostly poly carbonate derivative.
>  
> All the best
> Rob Lockyer
> 
> 



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