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    In our experiment we looked at how refraction would affect a laser beam when it entered a new material. We used sohcahtoa and right triangles to set up our experiment and measure the angles. After finding th and th we used them to find the index of refraction and velocity for each 1 2 material we tested.

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    In our experiment we looked at how refraction would affect a laser beam when it entered a new material. We used sohcahtoa and right triangles to set up our experiment and measure the angles. After finding th and th we used them to find the index of refraction and velocity for each 1 2 material we tested.

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    In our experiment we looked at how refraction would affect a laser beam when it entered a new material. We used sohcahtoa and right triangles to set up our experiment and measure the angles. After finding th and th we used them to find the index of refraction and velocity for each 1 2 material we tested.

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    RefractionLab

    Goal
    Tomeasuretheindexofrefractionfor3materials

    Introduction
    Refractionisthebendingofawaveafterhittinganewmaterialandchangingspeeds.Inour
    experimentwelookedathowrefractionwouldaffectalaserbeamwhenitenteredanew
    material.Weusedsohcahtoaandrighttrianglestosetupourexperimentandmeasurethe
    angles.Afterfinding
    and
    weusedthemtofindtheindexofrefractionandvelocityforeach
    1
    2
    materialwetested.Afterfindingtheindexofrefractionandvelocitywithourexperiments,we
    wouldcheckouranswersandassesserrorsinourexperiments.

    Materials
    Laser
    Arduinoforpoweringthelaser
    Computer
    RingStand
    Flask
    Water
    MeterStick

    SaltWater
    GlassSlab
    2Calculators(stand/calculations)
    Tape
    Paper
    Pen

    Procedure
    1. Firstwefilledtheflaskwith100mLofwater,setupthelaser,andpluggedtheArduino
    intothecomputertopowerit.
    2. Thenwetapedthelasertothetopoftheflaskandplacedapieceofpaperonthebase
    oftheringstand.
    3. Wethenelevatedtheflaskofwaterontwocalculatorssotherewasspacebetweenit
    andthepaperandturnedonthelaser.
    4. Thenweproceededtomarkwherelaserhitthepaperthroughthewater.
    5. Nextwetookapenandmovedittillthelaserbeamhititrightatthewaterlevel,thenwe
    markedthatonthepaperbelowthebeakeraswell.
    6. Afterthatweusedthemetersticktomeasurethedistancebetweenthosetwopointsand
    thenmeasuredtheheightofthewater,theheightofthelaser,andwherethelaserhit
    thewater.
    7. Thenweusedtrigonometrytofindtheentranceangleandrefractedangle,andfromthis
    datafoundn,velocity,andcriticalangleforanalysis.
    8. Afterthatweaddedsalttotheflaskforoursaltwatermediaandrepeatedsteps511
    9. Next,weshinedthelaserthroughaglass,withthelaserata90angle.Wemeasuredthe
    laserspointwithouttheglassonapieceofpaper,andthenthenewrefractedpointthat
    camefromtheglass.
    10. Finallywemeasuredthedistancebetweenthelaserandtheglassandthedistance
    betweentheglassandthetwomarkedpoints.Again,weusedtrigonometrytofindthe
    refractedangleandusedthisdataforouranalysis.

    Data

    Analysis
    Results
    IndexofRefraction

    Water
    = 1.0003
    n1
    n
    =1.84
    1

    SaltWater

    Glass

    sin21
    sin41

    sin28
    sin30

    = 1.0003
    n1
    n
    =1.07
    1

    sin10.3
    sin90

    = 1.0003
    n1
    n
    =5.6
    1
    sin10.3
    sin90

    Velocity

    sin21
    sin41

    v1
    = 2.9x10
    8
    v
    =1.914x108

    m/s
    1

    sin28
    sin30

    v1
    = 2.9x10
    8
    v
    =1.45x108

    m/s
    1

    v1
    = 2.9x10
    8
    7
    v
    =5.19x10
    m/s
    1

    CriticalAngle

    sin1
    sin90

    sin1
    sin90

    sin1
    sin90

    = 1.0003
    1.84

    1 =33o

    = 1.0003
    1.07
    o

    =69

    = 1.0003
    5.6
    o

    =10.3

    Conclusion
    Ourindicesofrefractiondidnotagreewiththeacceptedvaluesforthematerials.Waterandglasssindices
    ofrefractionwerehigherbutsaltwatersindexwaslowerthantheacceptedvalue.Overall,Ithinkour
    techniquesformarkingthelaserwereinaccurate,aswehadtouseapenthatblockedourviewfromthe
    laser.Wemeasuredthelaserafterithadgonethroughthewaterandtheflask.Also,whenmeasuringthe
    glassweusedatriangleshapedpieceofglassthatmayhaverefractedatmoreofanangle.Perhapsnext
    timewecouldfindamoreexactwaytomeasurerefractionanduseapieceofglasswithnoslopesorsides
    beinghitatanangle.

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