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Refraction

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Teacher Notes and Answers
REFRACTION OPTICAL PHENOMENA
1. a. n = c/v 1. a.
r = 55.8°
b. 2.25  108 m/s b. sin
r = 1.28 > 1: internal reflection
2. a. 13.0° c.
r = 24.4°
b. 13.0°, 20.0° d.
r = 38.5°;
r = 74.5°;
r = 33.4°
c. Angles inside glass: 25°, 35°, 40°; Angles 2.
r = 48.8°, the angle is too large, light with
coming out of glass: 40°, 60°, 80° 45° incident angle will be refracted and exit
d. Student sketches should indicate that the
rays exiting the glass are parallel to the rays
entering it.

THIN LENSES
1. a. Check student diagrams. Rays should be
drawn straight, according to rules for ray
tracing.
b. A is real, inverted, and smaller.
c. B is real, inverted, and smaller; C is
virtual, upright, and larger
2. A: 4.80 cm; B: 7.5 cm; C:
6.00 cm

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Refraction

Concept Review
Refraction
1. The speed of light in air is 3.00
108 m/s.
a. How does the index of refraction relate to the speed of light in a medium?

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b. The index of refraction of water is 1.33. What is the speed of light in water?

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2.A light ray traveling in air strikes a glass plate with a refractive index of 1.52 at a
20.0° angle from the normal. After refraction, going in and out of the glass, the
exiting ray forms an angle  with the normal to the surface on the other side.

a. Find
, the angle of refraction from air to glass._________________________

b. The plate sides are parallel. Find , the angle of incidence from glass to air, and
, the angle of refraction.
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c. Repeat when the angle of incidence from air is 40°, 60°, and 80°.

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d. Sketch the results on the diagram above.

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Refraction

Diagram Skills
Thin Lenses
1. A converging lens has a focal length of 3.00 cm. The letters A, B, and C are used
as objects placed at distances of 8.00 cm, 5.00 cm, and 2.00 cm, respectively,
from the lens.
a. Sketch ray diagrams to locate the image of A: Draw one ray from the top of the
head parallel to the axis and another ray from the head through the focal point.
Verify that the image is also in the ray that passes through the center of the
lens.

b. Is the image of A real? inverted? magnified?

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c. Repeat questions a and b for the object at positions B and C.
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2. Calculate the image location for the object at A, B, and C in problem 1. Compare
your results with your diagrams.

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Refraction

Concept Review
Optical Phenomena
Indices of Refraction for Various Substances

Substance n Substance n
Diamond 2.419 Ethyl alcohol 1.361
Sodium chloride 1.544 Water 1.333
Glycerine 1.473 Air 1.000
Fluorite 1.434

1. A light ray inside a diamond strikes the boundary with air at 20.0° from the
normal.
a. Calculate the angle of refraction of that light ray.

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b. What happens when the incident angle is 32.0°?

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c. What is the critical angle for this light traveling from diamond to air?

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d. The diamond is immersed in water. The same light ray strikes the diamond-
water boundary at a 20.0° angle. Answer items a, b, and c for this case.

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2. Glass prisms with 90°, 45°, 45° angles are used in periscopes because light
entering the right-angle side undergoes internal reflection on the 45° side of the
prisms. What happens if the sides of the prisms are made of thin glass and the
prisms are filled with water? Use the critical angle of water to answer.

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