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How Does Light Intensity Affect The Refraction Of Light

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Refraction
The term refraction is the bending behaviour of light when it passes through from one transparent medium to another transparent medium such as water, glass, vacuum, air, plastic etc.

Refraction of Light
The refraction of light shows that light refracts every time it travels at an angle from a medium to the next medium with a different refractive index (optical density).
The refraction of light demonstrate that change of direction which light travels is caused by a change in speed of light. There will be a change in wavelength when light changes the direction it is traveling, which will then change the speed of light.

The Refraction of Light Wave:
Base on the diagram below, light travels from air into water, the light refract, causing the speed of light to slow down, making light continue to travel at a different direction. The change of direction is called refraction, as light enters from a less dense medium to a denser medium, light should refract (bends) more towards the normal line.

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When light travels from a dense media into a less dense media (such as water into air), light will refract away from the normal as it exits the dense medium.The speed and wavelength of the light will then increase.

Refractive Index:
Refractive Index formulae is use to find the change of speed of light as it travels from air into glass. It measure how much light slows down when it enters denser medium such as glass.

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