Homework # 10

Read pages 562 - 567 [TEXTBOOK].
Read pages 4:41 - 4:72 [REVIEW BOOK].

  1. What is refraction? (b) In which direction is light refracted on passing obliquely from air or a vacuum into a denser substance? (c) What happens to the angle of refraction as the angle of incidence decreases from 45o to 0o?
  2. A ray passes from air into water (n = 1.33) at an angle of incidence of 50o. Find the angle of refraction to the nearest degree.
  3. Two rays of light are incident at an angle of 45o on a piece of quartz (n = 1.46) and a diamond (n = 2.42) respectively. Compare their angles of refraction.
  4. A certain color of light is incident upon a rectangular block of quartz at an angle of 30.0o. It is refracted by the quartz so that the angle of refraction is 20.0o. What is the index of refraction of quartz for this particular light?
  5. The diagram below shows a ray of light passing from medium X into air. What is the absolute index of refraction of medium X?
    Ray of Light