Density
Conversion Table – Density to Percent Transmission
Density – % Transmission
(Opacity x % Transmission = 100)
|
Density |
|
Opacity |
|
|
%T |
|
0 |
|
1.0 |
|
|
100 |
|
0.1
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
80
|
|
0.2
|
|
1.6 |
|
|
63 |
|
0.3 |
|
2.0 |
|
|
50 |
|
0.4 |
|
2.5 |
|
|
40 |
|
0.5 |
|
3.2 |
|
|
32
|
|
0.6 |
|
4.0 |
|
|
25 |
|
0.7 |
|
5.0 |
|
|
20 |
|
0.8 |
|
6.3 |
|
|
16 |
|
0.9 |
|
8.0 |
|
|
13 |
|
1.0 |
|
10.0 |
|
|
10 |
|
1.1 |
|
13 |
|
|
8.0 |
|
1.2 |
|
16
|
|
|
6.3 |
|
1.3 |
|
20
|
|
|
5.0 |
|
1.4 |
|
25
|
|
|
4.0 |
|
1.5 |
|
32
|
|
|
3.2 |
|
1.6 |
|
40
|
|
|
2.5 |
|
1.7 |
|
50
|
|
|
2.0 |
|
1.8 |
|
63
|
|
|
1.6 |
|
1.9 |
|
80
|
|
|
1.3 |
|
2.0 |
|
100 |
|
|
1.0 |
|
2.1 |
|
130 |
|
|
0.80 |
|
2.2 |
|
160
|
|
|
0.63 |
|
2.3 |
|
200
|
|
|
0.50 |
|
2.4 |
|
250 |
|
|
0.40 |
|
2.5 |
|
320 |
|
|
0.32 |
|
2.6 |
|
400 |
|
|
0.25 |
|
2.7 |
|
500 |
|
|
0.20 |
|
2.8 |
|
630 |
|
|
0.16 |
|
2.9 |
|
800
|
|
|
0.13 |
|
3.0 |
|
1000
|
|
|
0.10 |
D = log 1/T and T = 10-D
where D = Density and T = Transmission
Glossary
- opacity
- A measure of a material's inability to transmit light, equal to the reciprocal of its transmittance.
densityopacitypercent transmissionGeneral Reference