2P N E9) Total Internal Reflection.

notebook November 30, 2016

E9) Total Internal Reflection

By the end of this lesson students will be able to:
• Utilize appropriate terminology.
• Perform calculations involving the index of refraction.
• Explain phenomena related to refraction.
E9) Total Internal Reflection Students will recognize success when they can:
• Utilize appropriate terminology.
• Perform calculations involving the index of refraction.
• Communicate using GRESSS & scientific notation.
• Explain phenomena related to refraction.

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Recall: Light passing from a slower to a faster As the incident angle increases, the refracted
medium will refract AWAY from the normal. angle approaches 90o, until all of the light
reflects back into the slower medium.
click here to find out air θR = 81.9o θR = 86.9o
(PhET) θR = 90o
n = 1.00
θi
substance x
glass (slow)
n = 1.40
air (fast) θi = θr = θi = θr = θc = θr =
θR 45.0o 45.0o 45.5o 45.5o 45.6o 45.6o

What will happen to θR as θi increases? critical angle (θc)

The incident angle that results in a refracted
angle of 90o is called the critical angle.
Any incident angle greater than or equal to the
critical angle results in total internal reflection.

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Conditions for Total Internal Reflection Applications of Total Internal Reflection:

1. Cutting diamonds
1. Light must be entering a less dense Diamonds sparkle because all
the light that enters, reflects
medium internally until it exits through
2. The light must be at an angle greater than the top.
the critical angle.

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2. Fibre Optics transmit huge volumes of data 3. Endoscopy

by bouncing light signals down a tiny glass This procedure allows doctors to take a look
fibre. Fibre optic video at the oesophagus and stomach through a
(engineerguy 5:36) thin tube called an endoscope. This thin
see p 528
tube consists of a fibreoptic camera and a
for diagrams tool at the end allowing samples to be taken.

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5. Rainbows are caused by the internal

4. Binocular prisms "fold" the light
reflection and dispersion of white light into a
path allowing binoculars to be more spectrum.
compact.

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cutaway­portion­showing­the­folded­path
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http://www.rebeccapaton.net/rainbows/formatn.htm

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Activity:
Using the worksheet provided, a ruler, a pencil, a ray box, and
two different prisms, try to find the critical angle for water and
for acrylic. Activity Summary
1. Each substance has a different critical angle.
acrylic 2. The law of reflection is true even for internal reflection.
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3. Internal reflection and critical angle only happen when

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water
light is directed from a slow to a fast medium.
Hints:
· The ray INSIDE the material is the incident angle.
· Increase the incident angle until the refracted ray reaches
90o (disappears). This incident angle is the critical angle.
· Mark the incident and refracted rays on your sheet and
measure the angles later (from the normal).
Total Internal Refraction 1:43

Good luck!

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