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Rainbow Math Model:

What values of i are there on a raindrop?

Snell’s Law
b) Use Snell’s Law n1sin(i)=n2sin(r) for air and water for different colors of light. Note that n1=1
for air. Also notice on the table in part 2, that n2 is slightly different for each color of light. That
means that you should be making different tables for each color. (Ignore the imaginary part
when finding the refractive index(n2) for each color.)

For each color, calculate different angles of refraction and phi for different angles of incidence.
Organize your answer in a table of angles of incidence, angles of refraction, and phi for each
color. In addition to making a table, determine the maximum phi.

Set up one table. Then copy and paste for the other colors you are doing.

−1 𝑛1𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝑖)
𝑟 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛 ( 𝑛 )
2
WITH DESMOS:
Fill in this table for each color you chose.
Change the nm and n2 for each equation.
Record values from clicking on the max point in DESMOS.

Save your desmos calculations as you go.

Screenshot each graph and equation and include the screenshot in the
table below..

Compile your results together in this table.


WAVELENGTH EQUATION AND GRAPH MINIMUM MAXIMUM ANGLE OF
AND INDEX INCIDENCE
OF
φVALUE φVALUE AT MAXIMUM
REFRACTION

400 nm −1 𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝑖) 0 40.433 58.743


n2=1.34451 φ = 4𝑠𝑖𝑛 ( 1.34451 ) − 2𝑖

450 nm −1 𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝑖) 0 40.99276 58.97228


N2=1.34055 φ = 4𝑠𝑖𝑛 ( 1.34055 ) − 2𝑖
500 nm −1 𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝑖) 0 41.39666 59.1364
N2=1.33772 φ = 4𝑠𝑖𝑛 ( 1.33772 ) − 2𝑖

550 nm −1 𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝑖) 0 41.70152 59.25944


N2=1.33560 φ = 4𝑠𝑖𝑛 ( 1.33560 ) − 2𝑖

575 nm −1 𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝑖) 0 41.82864 59.31055


N2=1.33472 φ = 4𝑠𝑖𝑛 ( 1.33472 ) − 2𝑖

600 nm −1 𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝑖) 0 41.94306 59.35643


N2=1.33393 φ = 4𝑠𝑖𝑛 ( 1.33393 ) − 2𝑖
650 nm −1 𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝑖) 0 42.14068 59.43546
N2=1.33257 φ = 4𝑠𝑖𝑛 ( 1.33257 ) − 2𝑖

700 nm −1 𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝑖) 0 42.30989 59.5029


N2=133141 φ = 4𝑠𝑖𝑛 ( 1.33141 ) − 2𝑖
CONE:
c) Use the diagrams below to help explain how a cone of light forms and what we can see
where and why. Include each detailed explanation below each image.

The first Φ corresponds to the angle at which sunlight refracts upon entering the raindrop, while
the second Φ corresponds to the angle at which the refracted and internally reflected light exits
the raindrop and reaches our eyes. Their value is the same because red exits at an angle of
about 42° relative to the incoming sunlight.
The diagram shows how different colors of light spread out when they bend through raindrops.
Red light forms the outer part of the rainbow because it bends less, while violet light forms the
inner part because it bends more. The colors overlap a bit, but we can still see them as
separate bands because each color bends at a slightly different angle.
The values of Φ differ for each color due to the differing degrees of refraction caused by
the wavelengths of the colors. Red light refracts at a larger angle than green and violet,
resulting in different positions in the rainbow. Each set of Φ\PhiΦ values represents the
refraction path for a specific color of light, creating the colorful arcs that make up the
rainbow

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