Ray Wave 680 nm Material Custom 30 30 Index of Refraction (n) 1.300 72.0 60 60 72.0° Water Giass 90 90 Material Custom 60 60 53.9 1.530 Index of Refraction (n) 30 30 Water Gass Normal: Angles

Q: Calculate the limiting angle of resolution for the eye, assuming a pupil diameter of 2.00 mm, a…

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Q: Pick any two substances with indices of refraction higher than air. Calculate the critical angle for…

A: The two substances are- 1)Water having indices of refraction, μwater=1.33 2)Glass having indices of…

Q: MY NOTES ASK YOUR TEACHER A light beam containing red and violet wavelengths is incident on a slab…

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Q: Assume that the cornea has an anterior radius of curvature R1= 7.8 mm, a posterior radius of…

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Q: Light from a point source in air falls on a spherical glass of u 1.5 and R = 0.2m. The image is…

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Q: You have enrolled in a scuba diving class and while swimming under water in a nearby lake you look…

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Q: A pencil is submerged in a glass bowl. Why does the object appear to be straight when viewed from…

A: Snell's Law states that the sine of angle of incidence to the sine of angle of refraction is a…

Q: 15. A self-luminous point object placed at a distance x, from a slab of transparent material of…

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Q: A tank is filled with water to a height of 12.5 cm. The apparent depth of a needle lying at the…

A: Given:  Real depth, d = 12.5 cm  apparent depth, d' = 9.4 cm  refractive index of liquid, nl = 1.63

Q: How much refraction correction is required for a distance of 500 m. Find in the units of meter.

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Q: A glass sphere has radius R = 6.9 cm and index of refraction 1.8. A paperweight is constructed by…

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Q: Use Huygens’ principle to show how a plane wavefront propagates from a denser to rarer medium. Hence…

A: Assume XY a line which separate two mediums, denser medium and rarer medium. Let,v1=Speed of light…

Q: Light from the sun strikes the surface of a pond at an incident angle of 47.8 degrees, what is the…

A: According to the laws of reflection, Angle of incidence =Angle of reflection angle with the normal…

Q: Determine the fraction of the incident power

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Q: A lens with two convex surfaces, both with radii of curvature of 0.25 meters, is used to focus…

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Q: A ray of light, emitted beneath the surface of an unknown liquid with air above it, undergoes -13.4…

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Q: A 10 cm cube of glass of refractive index 1.66 has a small object at its center. Show that if a disc…

A: When a ray of light passes from one medium to another, it undergoes a change in direction. This…

Q: A fish is rising up vertically inside a pond with a velocity of 4 cm/sec and notices a bird that is…

A: Velocity of bird w.r.t. fish, vbf = 20 cm/s Velocity of fish, vf = 4 cm/s Refractive index of water,…

Q: Calculate the critical angle for a diamond-crown glass boundary. (hint: Use table of indices of…

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Q: Derive an expression that relates the index of refraction of the material n to the angle of…

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Q: The values of the index of refraction n,, nz and n; of the three-medium showed in the figure below…

A: from snell's law  n1sinθ1=n2sinθ2where,n1=incident indexn2=refracted indexθ1=incident…

Q: In the Newton's Rings apparatus, the light of 600nm and convex-planar lens of radius of curvature…

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Q: Find the position and magnification of the entrance pupil of the eye taking the actual pupil to be…

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Q: The refractive index of diamond is much greater than that of ordinary glass. Is this fact of some…

A: Given:  refractive index of diamond

Q: In the image of the optical fiber that is attached below, find the minimum angle of incidence that…

A: For total internal reflection ,angle of refraction is 90° . And when light is incident from denser…

Q: Calculate the dispersion – the difference between the angles of the red and violet light - on the…

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Q: Show solution and illustration At what angle should a ray of light be incident on the face of a…

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Q: Using Snell's Law and the given data from a semicircular water tank, calculate the index of…

A: The refractive index of air is Part(a):Angle of incidence is Angle of refraction is Part(b):Angle of…

Q: What is the minimum index of refraction for a material that is going to be used to make binoculars?…

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Q: The refractive indices of flint glass for red and violet light are 1'613 and 1632 respectively. Find…

A: The angular dispersion produced by a thin prism of flint glass having refracting angle is 5o. Given,…

Q: Find the refractive index of a liquid for which the critical angle is 45°.

A: Value of critical angle, ic = 45° Refractive index, μ = ?

Q: Two planar mirrors are positioned such that their edges are in contact and the angle between their…

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Q: Calculate the dispersion - the difference between the angles of the red and violet light - on the…

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Q: The refractive index of the material of an equilateral prism is 3. Calculate the angle of incidence…

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Q: (1) The laws of refraction and reflection are the same for sound as for light. The speed of sound in…

A: According to the Snell's law, n1sinθ1=n2sinθ2v1sinθ1=v2sinθ2sinθ2=v1v2sinθ1

Q: A glass sphere 30cm in radius is used to bring sunlight to a focus. Using principal points,…

A: The objective of this question is to determine the location of the focus point of a glass sphere…

Q: When a swimming pool is empty, the distance from the bottom of the pool to the ceiling is 21.4 m.…

A: Real depth = 21.4m refractive index, n =1.88  depth of chemical, d = 6.58 m

Q: When a swimming pool is empty, the distance from the bottom of the pool to the ceiling is 24.1 m.…

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Q: A tank is filled with water to a height of 12.5 cm. The apparent depth of a needle lying at the…

A: We know the relation,       Apparent depth=Real depthμwa    9.4 cm=12.5 cmμwa         or…

Dispersion of White Light

Snell’s law is a formula that gives a relation between the angle of incidence and angle of refraction and is given as: