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What tajes place when the angle of incidence is smaller than the critical angle?
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Refraction and partial internal reflection occurs
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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.
What will happen if the angle of incidence exceeds to the critical angle?
Then an interesting phenomenon called "Total internal reflection" takes place. Here the incident wave is totally reflected inside the medium as if it were reflected from the boundary of an opaque solid. For more details, contact at saqibahmad81@yahoo.com
Differentiate Angle of reflection from angle of incidence?
The 'normal' direction is the direction perpendicular to a surface. Think of a stick with one end of it glued to a mirror. When a beam of light or a tennis ball hits the surface, the 'angle of incidence' is the angle between the normal and the direction the ball came from. The 'angle of reflection' is the angle between the normal and the direction the ball will take after the bounce. The angle of reflection will be equal to the angle of incidence. Knowing this, you can always place your bank shot exactly where you want it to go after the bounce.
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 latitude equal to the?
The latitude of a place is the angle from the Earth's equator north or south to that place.
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.
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.
Does a plane mirror converge a parallel beam of light?
No. The angle of incidence will equal the angle of reflection. No convergence will take place.
What will happen if the angle of incidence exceeds to the critical angle?
Then an interesting phenomenon called "Total internal reflection" takes place. Here the incident wave is totally reflected inside the medium as if it were reflected from the boundary of an opaque solid. For more details, contact at saqibahmad81@yahoo.com
What is an angle of incidence?
The smallest possible angle of incidence for a light ray traveling toward a mirror is 1800. This is because then, the light ray will be either parallel or on the principal axis and hence, the angle of incidence would be 00.
Differentiate Angle of reflection from angle of incidence?
The 'normal' direction is the direction perpendicular to a surface. Think of a stick with one end of it glued to a mirror. When a beam of light or a tennis ball hits the surface, the 'angle of incidence' is the angle between the normal and the direction the ball came from. The 'angle of reflection' is the angle between the normal and the direction the ball will take after the bounce. The angle of reflection will be equal to the angle of incidence. Knowing this, you can always place your bank shot exactly where you want it to go after the bounce.
Why total internal reflection takes place?
It happens when light travels through a material that has a greater "optical density" (refraction index, really) than a bordering material, and when it touches the surface at an angle that is sufficiently flat.
What happens to light when its reflected?
According to law of reflection, the angle of incidence and angle of reflection are equal. If the incident surface is smooth specular reflection takes place where the light is reflected in a single direction.
How do three mirrors turn a ray of light 180 degrees?
Remember that the angle of incidence must equal the angle of reflection. This means that the light will turn through twice the angle of incidence, or to put it another way, the angle of incidence must be half the angle through which the light turns. You want an angle of turning of 90 degrees, so make sure that the angle is half of ninety degrees. In other words, let the light strike the mirror at an angle of 45 degrees.
What is the type of reflection of light that takes place on a highly polished smooth surface?
Simply reflection (as opposed to say refraction or diffraction). Reflection results in an angle of reflection of the light ray with the normal equal to the angle of incidence of the light ray.
How are angles measured in light experiments?
From my experience the only time I've had to do this is when testing angles of incidence and refraction. Usually the angles of incidence are predetermined, say 20, 40 and 60 degree's. A sheet of plain white paper is placed down. A glass block is set in the middle and drawn around. Make sure you draw in your normals. Use a protractor to draw the lines which are are your angles of incidence. Then place the glass block down on the outline and use a line box with a thin slit to make the light as direct as possible. You will notice the light shining through the other side of the glass block, mark these for each incidence angle. Remove your glass block and draw proper lines for the light that was shining out of the block. From here you should be able to draw lines through your glass block outline which will connect the rays of incidence and refraction. Using your protractor you will be able to find the angles of refraction accurate to 1/2 degree i think. Other light experiments such as finding the critical angle which is a limiting angle which if passed will cause total internal reflection to occur. You can find the angle of incidence which causes this to happen in which ever medium you are testing by using the formula: refractive index = 1/sin of critical angle e.g using a diamond of refractive index 2.1 you would have: 2.1 = 1/sin C SinC = 1/2.1 C = Sin^-1 (1/2.1) C = 28.4 degrees (roughly) I hope this helped, however being more specific to which light experiment you want could help!
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
