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The name Abbe comes from the German physicist Ernst Abbe, who defined the Abbe number.

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Glass material with Dispersion calculations disabled (left) and enabled (right)

Abbe value controls the amount of dispersion. The higher the Abbe number, the less dispersion will be visible in the render. An Abbe number higher than 60-70 will render as if dispersion was not activated.

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