Glass selection tends to be both a science and an art. It is the intent of this paper to remove the v`U;.W
"mystique" surrounding glass selection, primarily based on the chromatic properties of the glass, )[ejb?{d
and to show via careful parametric analyses how we can optimally select glasses for lenses of 0D0uzUD-
different f/numbers, spectral bands, and performance requirements. The important roles of I A$=
refractive index and Abbe number as well as partial dispersion will be considered. Using the 4~2 9,
SCHOTT glass map, six separate and identifiable regions along with glasses within each region M^G9t*I
will be discussed. The goal for this paper is to make glass selection easier to understand.