White light goes from air through a glass slab with parallel surfaces. Will its colors be dispersed when it emerges from the glass?

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Q: Increasing the density of a material tends to increase the index of refraction. Does light travel…

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Q: A film on a lens with an index of refraction of 1.5 is 1.0 ×× 10−7−7 m thick and is illuminated with…

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Q: On a day with fresh snow, you might notice that shadows—where the direct light from the sun is…

A: Blue light has shorter wavelength.The fresh snow absorbs the blue region of the visible spectrum of…

Q: No glass is perfectly transparent. Mainly because of reflections, about 92% of light passes through…

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Q: How can a clear object be transparent and visible at the same time?

A: When we put the pure water in a extra clear glass, it makes transparent system of glass and water.…

Q: A 500nm layer of oil floats on a puddle of water. Reflected sunlight is observed from directly…

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Q: A lamp at a distance of 3 m above the point P on the floor of the room in P produces a glow of 100…

A: Given at d=3m, b=100lm/m2

Q: Identical rays of light in air are refracted upon entering three transparent materials: A, water,…

A: Given: Speed of light in water = 0.75 c Speed of light in ethyl alcohol = 0.7 c Speed of light in…

Q: At what angle will light traveling in the air be completely polarized horizontally when reflected…

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Q: At what angle will light traveling in the air be completely polarized horizontally when reflected…

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Q: What is the index of refraction for a material if the speed of light in this material is 1.41 x 108…

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Q: In placing a sample on a microscope slide, a glass cover is placed over a water drop on the glass…

A: When light beam from one medium having lower refractive index enters into the medium having high…

Q: More light is transmitted through a translucent material than through an opaque material. O True…

A: Transparent material : All light is transmitted through such a material. Translucent material : Some…

Q: Some glass objects and crystals cause sunlight that passes through them to project "rainbows" on the…

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Q: In glass, which end of the visible spectrum has the smallest criti- cal angle for total internal…

A: Refraction is the bending of light in an optically dense medium when it enters from an optically…

Q: A glass cover is put over a water drop on the microscope slide when a sample is placed on it. From…

A: The Microscope Slide: The slide is the bottom layer. The liquid sample comes next. To reduce…

Q: A glass windowpane with a thin film of water on it reflectsless than when it is perfectly dry. Why?

A: The thin film of water can act as a medium for interference of water. Interference can be…

Q: The atmosphere of Jupiter is more than 1000km thick .from the surface of Jupiter would you expect to…

A: Step 1Jupiter doesn’t have a surface; it consists of thick gas or a semi-liquid form due to the…

Q: he index of refraction of benzene is 1.80. The critical angle for total internal reflection, at a…

A: Given: The refractive index of the benzene is 1.8.

Q: Diffusion by reflection from a rough surface is described in this chapter. Light can also be…

A: When light is incident on to a surface and gets reflected at more than one angle then this nature of…

Q: You may have noticed that the eyes of cats appear to glow green in low light. This effect is due to…

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Q: Sometimes you can see the 'rainbow' in a thin layer of oil on the ground. Explain why this happens.

A: Thin layer of oil films causes the phenomena of interference when the light is incident upon it.

Q: A thin film of water of thickness 220nm is placed on top of a glass surface. What color will the…

A: Given, Thickness of water film on glass surface = 220 nm

Q: Calculate the speed of light in air, water, and diamond if the refractive indices are  1.0003,…

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Q: A) Show a model as to how white light interacts with a t-shirt that appears to an observer as red…

A: (A) When white light falls on the T-shirt, it absorbs all the colors or the all the waves except red…

Q: At what minimum angle will you get total internal reflection of light traveling in water and…

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Q: A certain kind of glass has an index of refraction of 1.52 for yellow light at 589 nm. What is its…

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Q: In an oil-air boundary, the critical angle is 440, the index of refraction of the boundary is O 1.25…

A: Given: Critical angle θc=44o ; we need to find the refractive index of the boundary.