
 
Angular Material has several special classes to display containers as paper-like cards with shadow.
The following table lists down the different classes with their description.
| Sr.No | Class Name & Description | 
|---|---|
| 1 | md-whiteframe-1dp This styles a container for any HTML content with 1px bordered shadow. Adds zdepth of 1. | 
| 2 | md-whiteframe-2dp This styles a container for any HTML content with 2px bordered shadow. Adds zdepth of 2. | 
| 3 | md-whiteframe-3dp This styles a container for any HTML content with 3px bordered shadow. Adds zdepth of 3. | 
| 4 | md-whiteframe-4dp This styles a container for any HTML content with 4px bordered shadow. Adds zdepth of 4. | 
| 5 | md-whiteframe-5dp This styles a container for any HTML content with 5px bordered shadow. Adds zdepth of 5. | 
| 6 | md-whiteframe-6dp This styles a container for any HTML content with 6px bordered shadow. Adds zdepth of 6. | 
| 7 | md-whiteframe-7dp This styles a container for any HTML content with 7px bordered shadow. Adds zdepth of 7. | 
| 8 | md-whiteframe-8dp This styles a container for any HTML content with 8px bordered shadow. Adds zdepth of 8. | 
| 9 | md-whiteframe-9dp This styles a container for any HTML content with 9px bordered shadow. Adds zdepth of 9. | 
| 10 | md-whiteframe-10dp This styles a container for any HTML content with 10px bordered shadow. Adds z-depth of 10. | 
| 11 | md-whiteframe-11dp This styles a container for any HTML content with 11px bordered shadow. Adds z-depth of 11. | 
| 12 | md-whiteframe-12dp This styles a container for any HTML content with 12px bordered shadow. Adds z-depth of 12. | 
| 13 | md-whiteframe-13dp This styles a container for any HTML content with 13px bordered shadow. Adds z-depth of 13. | 
| 14 | md-whiteframe-14dp This styles a container for any HTML content with 14px bordered shadow. Adds z-depth of 14. | 
| 15 | md-whiteframe-15dp This styles a container for any HTML content with 15px bordered shadow. Adds z-depth of 15. | 
| 16 | md-whiteframe-16dp This styles a container for any HTML content with 16px bordered shadow. Adds z-depth of 16. | 
| 17 | md-whiteframe-17dp This styles a container for any HTML content with 17px bordered shadow. Adds z-depth of 17. | 
| 18 | md-whiteframe-18dp This styles a container for any HTML content with 18px bordered shadow. Adds z-depth of 18. | 
| 19 | md-whiteframe-19dp This styles a container for any HTML content with 19px bordered shadow. Adds z-depth of 19. | 
| 20 | md-whiteframe-20dp This styles a container for any HTML content with 20px bordered shadow. Adds z-depth of 20. | 
| 21 | md-whiteframe-21dp This styles a container for any HTML content with 21px bordered shadow. Adds z-depth of 21. | 
| 22 | md-whiteframe-22dp This styles a container for any HTML content with 22px bordered shadow. Adds z-depth of 22. | 
| 23 | md-whiteframe-23dp This styles a container for any HTML content with 23px bordered shadow. Adds z-depth of 23. | 
| 24 | md-whiteframe-24dp This styles a container for any HTML content with 24px bordered shadow. Adds z-depth of 24. | 
The following example shows the use of shadow classes.
am_whiteframes.htm
<html lang = "en">
   <head>
      <link rel = "stylesheet"
         href = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angular_material/1.0.0/angular-material.min.css">
      <script src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.4.8/angular.min.js"></script>
      <script src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.4.8/angular-animate.min.js"></script>
      <script src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.4.8/angular-aria.min.js"></script>
      <script src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.4.8/angular-messages.min.js"></script>
      <script src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angular_material/1.0.0/angular-material.min.js"></script>
      <link rel = "stylesheet" href = "https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons">
      
      <style>
         .frameContainer md-whiteframe {
            background: #fff;
            margin: 30px;
            height: 100px; 
         }
      </style>
      
      <script language = "javascript">
         angular
            .module('firstApplication', ['ngMaterial'])
            .controller('frameController', frameController);
           
         function frameController ($scope) {               
         }	  
      </script>      
   </head>
   
   <body ng-app = "firstApplication"> 
      <div class = "frameContainer" ng-controller = "frameController as ctrl"
         layout = "row" layout-padding layout-wrap layout-fill
         style = "padding-bottom: 32px;" ng-cloak>
         <md-whiteframe class = "md-whiteframe-1dp" flex-sm = "45" flex-gt-sm = "35"
            flex-gt-md = "25" layout layout-align = "center center">
            <span>.md-whiteframe-1dp</span>
         </md-whiteframe>
         
         <md-whiteframe class = "md-whiteframe-2dp" flex-sm = "45" flex-gt-sm = "35"
            flex-gt-md = "25" layout layout-align = "center center">
            <span>.md-whiteframe-2dp</span>
         </md-whiteframe>
         
         <md-whiteframe class = "md-whiteframe-3dp" flex-sm = "45" flex-gt-sm = "35"
            flex-gt-md = "25" layout layout-align = "center center">
            <span>.md-whiteframe-3dp</span>
         </md-whiteframe>
         
         <md-whiteframe class = "md-whiteframe-10dp" flex-sm = "45" flex-gt-sm = "35"
            flex-gt-md = "25" layout layout-align = "center center">
            <span>.md-whiteframe-10dp</span>
         </md-whiteframe>
         
         <md-whiteframe class = "md-whiteframe-15dp" flex-sm = "45" flex-gt-sm = "35"
            flex-gt-md = "25" layout layout-align = "center center">
            <span>.md-whiteframe-15dp</span>
         </md-whiteframe>
         
         <md-whiteframe class = "md-whiteframe-20dp" flex-sm = "45" flex-gt-sm = "35"
            flex-gt-md = "25" layout layout-align = "center center">
            <span>.md-whiteframe-20dp</span>
         </md-whiteframe>
         
         <md-whiteframe class = "md-whiteframe-22dp" flex-sm = "45" flex-gt-sm = "35"
            flex-gt-md = "25" layout layout-align = "center center">
            <span>.md-whiteframe-22dp</span>
         </md-whiteframe>
         
         <md-whiteframe class = "md-whiteframe-23dp" flex-sm = "45" flex-gt-sm = "35"
            flex-gt-md = "25" layout layout-align = "center center">
            <span>.md-whiteframe-23dp</span>
         </md-whiteframe>
         
         <md-whiteframe class = "md-whiteframe-24dp" flex-sm = "45" flex-gt-sm = "35"
            flex-gt-md = "25" layout layout-align = "center center">
            <span>.md-whiteframe-24dp</span>
         </md-whiteframe>
      </div>
   </body>
</html>
Verify the result.