Glass selection tends to be both a science and an art. It is the intent of this paper to remove the ;%dkwKO
"mystique" surrounding glass selection, primarily based on the chromatic properties of the glass, K/\#FJno
and to show via careful parametric analyses how we can optimally select glasses for lenses of lBG* P>;
different f/numbers, spectral bands, and performance requirements. The important roles of aGpRdF1;!
refractive index and Abbe number as well as partial dispersion will be considered. Using the >j`*-(`2fa
SCHOTT glass map, six separate and identifiable regions along with glasses within each region & p_;& P_
will be discussed. The goal for this paper is to make glass selection easier to understand.
