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Chapter 1, Problem 24CQ
When light is reflected at Brewster’s angle from a smooth surface, it Is 100’ polarized parallel to the surface. Pail of the light sill be refracted into the surface. Describe how you would do an experiment to determine the polarization of the refracted light. What direction would you expect the polarization to have and would you expect it to be 1000%?
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