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Please recite

What do you see


Reflection of light
and image formation
in plane mirror

Presenter : Mrs. Nazia Zulfiqar


Assistant Professor.
Divisional Model College.
(Department of physics, Cambridge Section , Main
Campus)
Learning Objectives

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

 Define Reflection of light, the angle of incidence , angle of


reflection and
 the normal.
 Sin< i= Sin< r

 Describe how an image is formed by a plane mirror.


 Distinguish between real and virtual images.
 Find the location and characterize the orientation of an image
created by a plane mirror.
HOW DO WE SEE OBJECTS
REFLECTION OF LIGHT
 When light falls on a highly polished surface like a mirror
the light is sent back into the same medium. This process is
called reflection of light.

Laws of reflection of light

 i) The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection.

 ii) The incident ray, the reflected ray and the normal to the
mirror at the point of incidence all lie in the same plane.
REFLECTION OF LIGHT
TYPES OF REFLECTION
 Regular/ Specular Reflection
Specular Reflection refers to a clear and sharp reflection, like the ones you
get in a mirror. A mirror is made of glass coated with a uniform layer of a
highly reflective material such as powder. This reflective surface reflects
almost all the light incident on it uniformly. There is not much variation in
the angles of reflections between various points. This means that the
haziness and the blurring are almost entirely eliminated.
 Diffused Reflection
 Reflective surfaces other than mirrors, in general, have a very rough finish.
This may be due to wear and tear such as scratches and dents or dirt on
the surface. Sometimes even the material of which the surface is made of
matters. All this leads to a loss of both the brightness and the quality of the
reflection.
FORMATION OF IMAGE IN A PLANE MIRROR
Step 1: Draw the Mirror and the Object
Step 2: Identify and Mark the Object Distance
Step 3: Draw Reflected Rays To The
Image
Step 4: Use Law Of Reflection To Work Out Incident Rays
Literally inverted image
Properties Of Image Formed In Plane Mirror
•Same size as object
•Laterally inverted (Left becomes right, right
becomes left)
•Upright
•Virtual
•As far behind the mirror as the object is in
front
Class Assessment
Why imege is formed in a mirror but
not on a wall

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