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2 Methodology: Figure 1. Light Is Reflected at An Angle of 45° Using A Concave Mirror

The document describes the methodology for an experiment involving light reflection and refraction. It involved three parts: 1) Using mirrors at different angles to demonstrate the law of reflection, 2) Using an acrylic block to determine the material's index of refraction via Snell's law, 3) Observing light passing through a prism and measuring angles of incidence and refraction. Diagrams show the experimental setups and key angles measured. The goal was to observe light behavior using different optical elements and apply the laws of reflection and refraction.

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2 Methodology: Figure 1. Light Is Reflected at An Angle of 45° Using A Concave Mirror

The document describes the methodology for an experiment involving light reflection and refraction. It involved three parts: 1) Using mirrors at different angles to demonstrate the law of reflection, 2) Using an acrylic block to determine the material's index of refraction via Snell's law, 3) Observing light passing through a prism and measuring angles of incidence and refraction. Diagrams show the experimental setups and key angles measured. The goal was to observe light behavior using different optical elements and apply the laws of reflection and refraction.

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2 Methodology

Figure 1. Light is reflected at an angle of 45° using a concave mirror

The first part of the experiment shows how light reflects in different angles. A light ray box is used as
the source of light. A mirror is placed adjacent to the light source with a protractor to determine the angle of
the light ray. The ray of light was aligned on the horizontal axis of the protractor. The mirror was then adjusted
to different angles which were 30 degrees, 45 degrees and 60 degrees, to show the law of reflection. The setup
was then repeated but the mirrors used were a convex and a concave one. Then, the light reflected was
observed. The law of reflection is given by the equation:

θi=θr
where the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of the reflected ray.

Figure 2. Marking the path of the refracted light

For the second part of the experiment, the goal was to determine the index of refraction of a material
using Snell’s Law. A block that was made from acrylic material was placed adjacent to the light source. Then,
the paths of the light rays were marked. The angles of the marked paths were measured. The data gathered
were then used to compute for the index of refraction of the material. The formula for the index of refraction is
given by:

sin θi
n=
sinθ r

where θi is the angle of incidence and θr is the angle of refraction. This is also known as the Snell’s Law.
Figure 3. The marked paths of the light rays in the prism

The third part of the experiment exhibits how light passes through a prism. A triangular prism was
placed adjacent to the light source. The position of the light rays inside and outside the prism was marked. The
incident ray, the point at which light ray strikes the back of the prism, and the reflected ray were marked. A
protractor was used to measure the internal reflection angle of the prism. After the first position of the prism, it
was then rotated to observe and to record other paths of light rays.

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