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Glass Analysis - Snell's Law Worksheet: Name: - Period: - Date

The document discusses Snell's law, which relates the angle of incidence and angle of refraction when light travels between two different optical media. It provides the index of refraction for various materials and asks the reader to use Snell's law to calculate angles of refraction and incidence given index of refraction values. Example problems are provided asking the reader to determine angles of refraction and incidence or compare the speed of light in different materials.

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Glass Analysis - Snell's Law Worksheet: Name: - Period: - Date

The document discusses Snell's law, which relates the angle of incidence and angle of refraction when light travels between two different optical media. It provides the index of refraction for various materials and asks the reader to use Snell's law to calculate angles of refraction and incidence given index of refraction values. Example problems are provided asking the reader to determine angles of refraction and incidence or compare the speed of light in different materials.

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Name:______________________ Period: ______ Date: ______________

Glass Analysis – Snell’s Law Worksheet


Important stuff:

n = index of refraction of a material

c = speed of light in vacuum = 3.00 x 108 m/s v = speed of light in the material

Snell’s Law
θ1
n1
n2
θ2

1) For the drawing to the right, find n2.

45°
n1 = 1.5

n2 = ?
65°

2) For the drawings below, state whether n1 is bigger than n2, n2 is bigger than n1, or n1 is equal to n2.

a) b) c)

θ1 θ1 θ1
n1 n1 n1

n2 n2 n2
θ2
θ2 θ2

Indexes of Refraction
Air or vacuum: 1.00 Barium glass: 1.60

Water: 1.33 Flint glass: 1.70

CR39: 1.498 Polycarbonate: 1.586


Crown Glass: 1.523 Diamond: 2.45
1. A ray of light traveling from air into crown glass strikes the surface at an angle of 30 degrees. What will the
angle of refraction be?

2. What is the index of refraction of a refractive medium if the angle of incidence in air is 30 degrees and the
angle of refraction is 15 degrees?

3. If the index of refraction for a certain glass is 1.50, and the angle of refraction is 15 degrees for a ray of light
traveling from air, what is the angle of incidence?

4. What is the velocity of light in meters per second in a material with an index of 2.0?

5. If the incoming angle from the air is 20 o from the normal.

a. What angle is light traveling through each of


the mediums below:

i. Flint glass:

ii. Water:

iii. Diamond:

iv. Cubic Zirconium:

v. Air:

b. How does the final angle of the light in air compare to the initial angle of light in air?

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