Friday 25 March 2016

3.18 know and use the relationship between refractive index, angle if incidence and angle of refraction

the refractive index of a transparent material tells you how fast light travels in that material. The slower the light travels, the higher the refractive index

n = sin i / sin r


NOTE: n symbolises refractive index, i symbolises angle of incidence, r symbolises angle of refraction

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