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Is the angle of incidence is greater than the angle of refraction when light passes from a less dense to denser medium?
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∙ 13y ago
If you meant optical density by the term 'denser ' Then the answer is....
The light bends towards normal when it travels from a optically less dense medium to optically dense medium. So angle of incidence is greater than the angle of refraction
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What happens to the light ray when the angle of incidence is greater than the angle of total reflection?
it is not the angle of total reflection, it is the critical angle. and when the angle of incidence is greater than the critical angle, total internal reflection takes place and as it is necessary for total internal reflection to take place that the ray must travel from denser to rarer medium so, when it occurs, the ray is reflected bach into the denser medium.
When light enters in medium 2 from medium 1 the angle of incidence is always greater than the angle of refraction Could total internal reflection take place from medium 1 to medium 2?
Definitely possible asmedium 2 is found rarer compared to medium 1
What is the angle of incidence in an optically dense medium for which the angle of reflaction is 90 degrees?
Unfortunately, the word "reflaction" is one character different from reflection and refraction. It is not possible to determine which you meant.
Is the critical angle the same thing as the angle of incidence?
The critical angle is not the same thing as the angle of incidence. There is a reason the confusion. The critical angle is defined as the smallest angle of incidence which results in total internal reflection. Every plane wave incident on a flat surface has an angle of incidence. That can be any angle. When a wave travels from a dense medium to a less dense medium, there comes an angle of incidence where there is no transmission into the less dense medium. We say then that for an angle of incidence above the "critical angle" the result is total internal reflection. It is also true that with Snell's law, the critical angle is the particular angle of incidence which would result in a 90 degree angle of refraction.
What does prism do?
A prism can help us understand the refraction and the reflection of light when it asses between 2 different mediums ( from one medium into another less refractive or from one medium into another more refractive ) and the ray of light may emerge out of the prism by refraction or by reflection and sometimes by total internal reflection ( by obeying the 2 laws of reflection and by making the angel of incidence equal to the angle of reflection ) and sometimes it may continue its path without deviation that is when the angle of incidence is equal to 0 degrees then the angle of refraction will be equal to 0 degrees this is called undeviated !It separates the wavelengths contained in a beam of light.
What are characteristics of refraction?
1. When a ray of light travels obliquely from an optically rarer medium to an optically denser medium,it bends towards the normal at the point of incidence. in this case,angle of incidence is greater than the angle of refraction...
What is total internal refraction?
When the angle of incidence is greater than the critical angle,the light ray reflects into denser medium at interface. This is total internal refraction
What are the conditions for total internal reflection to take place?
Light must travel from the optically denser medium to the optically less dense one. For total internal reflection to occur, the angle of incidence in the optically denser medium must be greater than the critical angle of that medium. The critical angle is that angle of incidence in the optically denser medium for which the angle of refraction is 90o.
Why the ray of light does not bend when it passes perpendicularly from rarer medium to denser medium?
Since the angle of incidence is 0, there is no chance of refraction and so the angle of refraction too becomes 0.
What does refraction and reflection have to do with mirages?
Actually it is refraction process and specifically indentified as total internal reflection. The condition for total reflection is that the ray has to traverse from denser medium to the rarer medium and the angle of incidence has to be more than the critical angle.
What is Optical denser medium?
Optical dense refers to the index of refraction. If one medium is optically denser than another, then its index of refraction is larger, meaning the speed of light in the optically denser medium is smaller.
What will happen to the angle of refraction if the angle of incidence is made smaller for light passing from rarer to denser medium and how?
angle of refraction will also decrease as according to laws of refractio sin i/sin r= constant (CONSTANT IS THE REFRACTIVE INDEX OF THE MEDIUM).
What two mediums have to be present for total internal reflection?
Any two media having different optical densities is necessary. The conditions for total internal reflection are: 1. Light must travel from the optically denser medium to the optically less dense one. 2. The angle of incidence is greater than the critical angle, which is the angle of incidence in the optically denser medium for which the angle of refraction is 90o.
Does the speed of light changes when it goes from rarer medium to denser medium having angle of incidence equal to 0?
The speed of light changes when it goes from one medium to another one with a different index of refraction. The angle of incidence doesn't influence the change in speed.
What is optical medium?
Optical dense refers to the index of refraction. If one medium is optically denser than another, then its index of refraction is larger, meaning the speed of light in the optically denser medium is smaller.
What is internal reflection?
Total internal reflection can happen only when a beam of light travelling through a dense medium crosses the interface with a rarer medium. For example, through a glass piece to air. When such a beam reaches an interface it makes an angle (called the angle of incidence) with the perpendicular at that point. When the beam exits the interface into the rarer medium. it makes a larger angle(called the angle of refraction) with the same perpendicular. As the angle of incidence increases, so does the angle of refraction. There is one value of the angle of incidence for which the angle of refraction is 90 degrees and the emerging ray is tangential to the interface. This is called the critical angle. For all angles of incidence greater than the critical angle the incident ray will not emerge into the rarer medium at all. In stead it gets reflected back into the denser medium itself. This phenomenon is called total internal reflection. Rainbows are a result of this phenomenon.
What is total internal reflection?
Total internal reflection can happen only when a beam of light travelling through a dense medium crosses the interface with a rarer medium. For example, through a glass piece to air. When such a beam reaches an interface it makes an angle (called the angle of incidence) with the perpendicular at that point. When the beam exits the interface into the rarer medium. it makes a larger angle(called the angle of refraction) with the same perpendicular. As the angle of incidence increases, so does the angle of refraction. There is one value of the angle of incidence for which the angle of refraction is 90 degrees and the emerging ray is tangential to the interface. This is called the critical angle. For all angles of incidence greater than the critical angle the incident ray will not emerge into the rarer medium at all. In stead it gets reflected back into the denser medium itself. This phenomenon is called total internal reflection. Rainbows are a result of this phenomenon.
