When light is incident on an interface between two materials with different index of refraction, the angle of the refracted ray depends on the wavelength. However, the angle of the reflected ray does not depend on the wavelength at all. Explain why this happens.

When light is incident on an interface between two materials with different index of refraction, the angle of the refracted ray depends on the wavelength. However, the angle of the reflected ray does not depend on the wavelength at all. Explain why this happens.

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Chapter1: The Nature Of Light

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When light is incident on an interface between two materials with different index of
refraction, the angle of the refracted ray depends on the wavelength. However, the angle
of the reflected ray does not depend on the wavelength at all. Explain why this happens.

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