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Old 06-26-2007, 09:40 AM
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Default a ray of light travelling in air strikes a glass slab at an angle of 30 degree calculate the angle of?

refraction 9if refractive index of glass is 1.5?
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Old 06-26-2007, 09:45 AM
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Depends on where the angle of 30 degrees is measured from.

If it is 30 degrees to the normal then

n1*Sin(theta1) = n2*Sin(theta2)

1*Sin30 = 1.5Sin(theta2)

theta2 = 19.5 degrees

If however, it is 30 to the surface, then the angle with the normal is 60 degrees and

n1*Sin(theta1) = n2*Sin(theta2)

1*Sin60 = 1.5Sin(theta2)

theta2 = 35.3 degrees
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Old 06-26-2007, 09:51 AM
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Sini / Sinr = n2 / n1

so

sini x n1 / n2 = sinr

refractive index of air is 1.00
refractive index of glass is 1.5

sin 30 x 1.5 / 1.00 = 0.75

Inv sin 0.75 = 48.6 degrees

as the ray of light is travailing from glass to air it will refract away from the normal
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