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REFRACTION
Name(s):
1.
From your optics set select the rectangular block of glass. Set your light box so that a single beam
emerges from it. You are going to measure the angle of reflection and the angle of transmission for three
different incident angles which you will choose. To do this, you will need to lay the glass block on a blank
sheet of paper and trace its outline. With a ruler, construct a line perpendicular to the front air/glass interface.
This will be the line from which you measure the angles. Your light beam should strike the interface at the
point where this line intersects the interface. Choose an incident angle and mark your paper so you can
measure the reflected and transmitted angle. Your paper should look something like the figure below.
The arrows are your light beam. The
X
s are marks you will need to
make.
Having constructed this diagram, you should be able to measure the
angles with a ruler and a protractor.
Construct diagram for three incident angles of your choice and complete
the data table below.
(Insert a
NEAT
photo of the constructed
diagram on the next page)
Table 01:
Incident Angle
Reflected Angle
Refracted Angle
Transmitted Angle
45
1.41
30
1.46
33
15
1.49
40
Have you been able to verify the law of reflection? Explain!
For each case tabulated above, calculate a value for the index of refraction for glass.
Table 02:
Incident Angle
Refracted Angle
Index of Refraction (n
g
)
Calculate the average of the acquired values of index of refraction and
compare it with the accepted value of the index of refraction of glass by
evaluating the percent difference.
For the following calculation you will need to know the index of refraction for glass. Choose the value
you are going to use and justify that choice in the space below.
Using Snell's law, calculate the critical angle for light encountering the glass/air interface. Show your
work in the space below.
2.
Select the semicircular piece of glass from the optics set and set the light box so that one beam of white
light emerges. Using a piece of paper, pencil, and a protractor you should be able to determine the critical
angle for light passing from glass to air. Your diagram should be like the
figure below.
The X in the figure marks the interface of interest.
From your diagram, measure and record the critical angle, and
compare it with your calculated value by evaluating the percent
difference in the space below.
Insert a
NEAT
scanned photo (you can use your phone) of the constructed diagram.
With the same experimental arrangement, describe what happens as you increase the angle of
incidence so that it is larger than the critical angle.
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