Physics Project
Physics Project
INTRODUCTION
APPARATUS REQUIRED
PROCEDURE
OBSERVATION
CALCULATIONS
RESULT
APPLICATIONS
CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
AIM OF THE PROJECT
Study of the the dependence of angle of deviation on the
angle of incidence using hollow prism one by one with
various transparent fluids.
The hypothesis of this project is –
The angle of deviation increases with increase in angle of incidence.
The angle of deviation does not depend on the liquid used in the
hollow prism for deviation.
INTRODUCTION
REFRACTION: THE PHENOMENON OF BENDING OF
LIGHT FROM ITS STRAIGHT LINE PATH ON THE
SURFACE OF SEPERATION OF TWO OPTICAL MEDIA IS
KNOWN AS REFRACTION OF LIGHT.
ANGLE OF INCIDENCE: THE ANGLE BETWEEN THE INCIDENT RAY AND THE NORMAL.
ANGLE OF DEVIATION: THE ANGLE BETWEEN THE INCIDENT RAY AND THE EMERGENT RAY IS CALLED THE
ANGLE OF DEVIATION DENOTED BY “ δ “.
MINIMUM DEVIATION: WHEN A PRISM IS SO PLACED WITH RESPECT TO THE INCIDENT RAY THAT THE
ANGLE OF DEVIATION PRODUCED BY IT IS MINIMUM, THEN THE PRISM IS SAID TO BE IN THE POSITION OF
MINIMUM DEVIATION.
DISPERSION: THE PHENOMENON OF SEPERATION OF WHITE LIGHT INTO ITS COMPONENT COLORS
DUE TO VARIATION IN VELOCITIES OF DIFFERENT COLORS WHILE PASSING THROUGH THE PRISM IS
CALLED DISPERSION OF LIGHT.
APPARATUS REQUIRED
HOLLOW GLASS PRISMS
WATER
CARBON DISULPHIDE
BENZALDEHYDE
PROTRACTOR
RULER
DRAWING SHEET
DRAWING BOARD
PINS
PENCIL
PROCEDURE
• Fix the sheet of white paper on the drawing board with drawing pins.
• Place the prism filled with liquid on the paper and trace its
boundary “abc”.
• Mark a point “o” on one of the refracting surfaces and draw a normal to
the surface at this point.
• Draw a straight line “pq” corresponding to incident ray drawn at a
suitable angle with the normal.
• Fix two pins “p” and “q” about 5cm apart on the incident ray line an
view its image with one eye closed from the side “ac” of the prism. Fix
two pins “r” and “s” such that the tips of these pins and the tips of the
images of the incident ray pins “p” , “q” lie in the same straight line.
PROCEDURE
Sr. No.: Angle of Angle of Angle of Sr. No. Angle Angle of Angle of
prism incidence deviation of incidence deviation
prism
1. 60 30 45 1. 60 20 33
2. 60 35 42 2. 60 30 30
3. 60 37.5 40 3. 60 35 25
4. 60 39 42 4. 60 40 29
5. 60 40 45 5. 60 45 30
µ = 1.504 µ = 1.351
OBSERVATIONS
Water:
Sr. No. Angle of prism Angle of Angle of deviation
incidence
1. 60 30 25
2. 60 35 22
3. 60 40 20
4. 60 45 22
5. 60 50 25
6. 60 55 28
µ = 1.306
CALCULATIONS
Refractive indices of the used liquids obtained, when compared with the actual values are as follows-
Benzaldehyde:
Actual = 1.5456
Obtained = 1.504
Deviation/Error = 0.0416
Water:
Actual = 1.33
Obtained = 1.306
Deviation/Error = 0.024
Actual = 1.43
Obtained = 1.351
Deviation/Error = 0.079
RESULT