College Physics
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Author: Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs
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Chapter 25, Problem 7PE
Calculate the index of refraction for a medium in which the
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A ray of light strikes a flat, 2.00-cm-thick block of glass (n = 1.42) at an angle of 0 = 34.0° with respect to the normal (see figure below).
2.00 cm
(a) Find the angle of refraction at the top surface and the angle of incidence at the bottom surface.
(b) Find the refracted angle at the bottom surface.
(c) Find the lateral distance d by which the light beam is shifted.
cm
(d) Calculate the speed of light in the glass.
m/s
(e) Calculate the time required for the light to pass through the glass block.
(f) Is the travel time through the block affected by the angle of incidence?
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Yes, a slightly larger angle will decrease the travel time.
Yes, a slightly larger angle will increase the travel time.
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a).
You make of plot of sin(0¡nside) versus
sin(0outside). What is the index of refraction for
the prism if the slope of the best fit line is 0.647
± 0.004?
b)
. If your lab partner calculates the index
of refraction of a medium to be 1.3 ± 0.6,
determine the speed of light as it travels
through the medium. Assume the speed of light
in vacuum is 3x10® m/s.
c)
You now orient the prism with respect
to the light as shown below. Which color will get
refracted the most? Least? Explain.
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