# Test Section For The Refractive Index Matched Facility

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON](/buyers/university-of-southampton/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Talbot Designs Ltd
- Award value: £38,340
- Tender value: £38,340
- Award date: 20 May 2024
- Published: 21 May 2024
- Contract start: 20 May 2024
- Contract end: 31 October 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 8f48822c-b7c9-41c5-be70-2ffb2ca09986-752901
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9d23bbe6-49a7-42ad-9641-0af5917c457c

## Description

One of the flow loops in the RIM facility requires a test section made out of Perspex\. The principle of the RIM facility is that the fluid has the same refractive index as the models and the wall\. A RIM facility allows for any light \(especially from lasers\) to pass through the model and fluid without any optical interference, refraction, reflection and shadow formation\. The type of material is crucial, as it is the only polymer that has the same refractive index as the solution of NaI\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8f48822c-b7c9-41c5-be70-2ffb2ca09986-752901)