Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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ISBN: 9781259587399
Author: Eugene Hecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
Ch. 37 - Prob. 13SPCh. 37 - Prob. 14SPCh. 37 - 37.15 [I] A beam of light strikes the surface of...Ch. 37 - 37.16 [I] A laser beam is incident in air on the...Ch. 37 - 37.17 [I] A beam of light is incident on the flat...Ch. 37 - 37.18 [I] A narrow beam of light is traveling...Ch. 37 - 37.19 [I] A block of lanthanum flint glass is...Ch. 37 - 37.20 [I] A thick layer of olive oil, having an...Ch. 37 - 37.21 [I] A thick layer of olive oil, having an...Ch. 37 - 37.22 [I] The critical angle for light passing...
Ch. 37 - 37.23 [I] What is the critical angle when light...Ch. 37 - 37.24 [I] A thick layer of olive oil, having an...Ch. 37 - 37.25 [I] A block of polystyrene is covered by a...Ch. 37 - 37.26 [I] A block of clear ice sits on top of a...Ch. 37 - 37.27 [II] The absolute indices of refraction of...Ch. 37 - 37.28 [II] A pool of water is 60 cm deep. Find...Ch. 37 - 37.29 [III] In a vessel, a layer of benzene 6 cm...Ch. 37 - 37.30 [II] A mirror is made of plate glass 1.0 cm...Ch. 37 - 37.31 [II] A straight rod is partially immersed in...Ch. 37 - 37.32 [II] The index of refraction for a certain...
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