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Activity-5

Aim –
To observe refraction and lateral deviation of a beam of light incident obliquely on a glass
slab.
Apparatus –
Glass slab, drawing board, white paper sheet, drawing pin, office pins, protractor.

Diagram –

Theory –
When a ray of light becomes incident on a parallel faced glass slab, it emerges from it in
same direction as the incident ray. It only suffer a lateral displacement proportional to the
slab thickness (t). The lateral displacement is given by d = t sec r sin (I – r).

Procedure –
(i) Fix a white paper sheet by drawing pins on a drawing board.
(ii) Take a glass slab and put it symmetrically in the middle of the paper and mark its
boundary ABCD.
(iii) Draw a normal at point Q on face AB and draw a line PQ making an angle i with
the normal. PQ will represent an incident ray.
(iv) Fix two pins at points 1 and 2 on the line PQ at distances 8cm or more between
themselves.
(v) See images of these pins through face DC and fix two more pins at point 3 and 4
(8cm or more apart) such that these two pins cover the images of first two pins,
all being along a straight line.
(vi) Remove the glass slab. Draw straight line RS through points 3 and 4 to represent
emergent ray. Join QR to represent refracted ray.
(vii) Draw normal at point R on face DC and measure angle e. It comes to be equal to
angle i.

Conclusion –
The ray of light emerging from a glass slab is parallel to the incident light and it is laterally
displaced.

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