How well do your values for the index of refraction of glass compare to the acce

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How well do your values for the index of refraction of glass compare to the accepted value of 1.5? How well does your average value for the index of refraction of glass compare to the accepted value?

How well do your values for the index of refraction of water compare to the accepted value of 1.33? How well does your average value for the index of refraction of water compare to the accepted value?

With determining the index of refraction for water the water is placed in a glass tub. How does this change the value that you found from the actual value?

If the speed of light were the same in all materials, would refraction still occur when light passes from one material to another?

How well do your values for the index of refraction of glass compare to the accepted value of 1.5? How well does your average value for the index of refraction of glass compare to the accepted value? How well do your values for the index of refraction of water compare to the accepted value of 1.33? How well does your average value for the index of refraction of water compare to the accepted value? With determining the index of refraction for water the water is placed in a glass tub. How does this change the value that you found from the actual value? If the speed of light were the same in all materials, would refraction still occur when light passes from one material to another? q

Explanation / Answer

a) the value obtained in the experiment is well acceptable under the constraints of experimental data and limitations. there might be some impurity in the glass which leads to the value to come out ot be 1.605.

b)the value obtained in the experiment is well acceptable under the constraints of experimental data and limitations. there

might be some impurity in the water which leads to the value to come out ot be 1.475.

c)as refractive index is ratio of sine of the angle of incidence and angle of refraction at the point of coincidence, the refractive

index will change as the medium is now water and thus there will be change in the readings noted and the new refractive index may or may not be equal to the original refractive index of any of the material.

d)Refraction is a optical phenomenon that occurs because there is change of speed of light in different mediums if there will be no change in the speed of light there will be no bending of light thus there will be no refraction. and thus no refraction simply implies all the materials have same refractive index.

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