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Experiment 4 - Physics practical

The document outlines an experiment on tracing the course of light through a rectangular glass slab at different angles of incidence. It includes instructions for students on materials needed, the theory of refraction, the method to conduct the experiment, and precautions to take. Additionally, it provides a viva voce section with questions related to the concepts of refraction and refractive index.

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Experiment 4 - Physics practical

The document outlines an experiment on tracing the course of light through a rectangular glass slab at different angles of incidence. It includes instructions for students on materials needed, the theory of refraction, the method to conduct the experiment, and precautions to take. Additionally, it provides a viva voce section with questions related to the concepts of refraction and refractive index.

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Experiment- 5

EXPERIMENTT FROM THE SYLLABUS: TRACING THE COURSE


OF DIFFERENT
T H R O U G H A

RECTANGULAR GLASS SLAB AT DIFFERENT ANGLES OF INCIDENCE, TRAYS OFLIGHTREFLECTING

TEACHER'S NOTE
ENolain the phenomena of refraction of light to the students and guide them through the experiment.

NOTE FOR THE STUDENTS


Vou have to trace the course of light through a rectangular glass slab at different angles of incidence
and accordingly, write down your observations.

MATERIALS REQUIRED
Glass slab, white sheet of paper, drawing board, drawing pins, board pins, pencil, ruler and protractor.

THEORY

Refraction can be defined as the change in direction of the light, whenever there is achange in the medium
through which it passes.
OAis an incident ray of light which gets refracted, towards the normal while entering the glass slab at its face
DE, and away from the normal while leaving the slab at its face FG.
AB and BC are the corresponding refracted and emergent rays, respectively.
MAN is the normal at point Aon face DE oftheglass slab.
Liand Zrare the angle of incidence and the angle of refraction, respectively for face DE oftheglass slab.
Keeping Aas center, acircle has been drawn, which cuts the incident ray and the refracted ray at point Panda,
respectively.
PM and QN are the two perpendiculars drawn at the normal MAN. Incident ray
PM
InAAPM, Sin i = D Air
AP
Glass slab
In AAQN, ON
Sin r =
AQ
Applying the Snell's law of refraction;
sin i PM/
AP
ON
Refracted ratmergent ray
sin r AirG
/AQ
AP= AQ, radius of thecircle.
PM
Hence,
QN
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METHOD
of paper and
Place arectangular glass slab on the white sheet
draw its boundary ABCD with a pencil.
angle of 30 to the
Remove the glass slab and make a line at the
drawn exactly
point O,which is the normal line, which should be
shown in the figure.
to the centre of the margin of the glass slab, as
should be near the
On the line of 30%, fix two pins Pand Q. Pin Q
boundary of the glass slab and the other pin P,
should be 10 cm
awayfromQ.
ne pin
thej
" From the other side of the glass slab, lookfor the images of
Pand Qandfix pins Rand Ssuch that these pins should appear to
be in the same line with that of the images of the pins Pand Q.
Remove the pins and join the marks of the pin to get the incident
ray and emergent ray.
Measure the angle of incidence and refraction. Repeat
the experiment with other different angles.

OBSERVATIONS
OBSERVATION TABLE

Angle of incidence (i) Angle of refraction (r) Angle of emergem


S. No.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.
sin i
Refractive index of glass 4, = sin r

PRECAUTIONS:
border.
1. Make sure not to move the glass slab while drawing its
and Q.
2. Make sure the pins Rand Sappear to be in the same line with that ofthe images of pins P

VIVA VOCE2
1. State the Snell's law ofrefraction of light.
2. What do you mean by refractive index of a pair of medium?
3. What is the formula for calculating refractive index?
4. Define the term lateraldisplacement.

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