EXPERIMENT 403 : REFRACTION FROM A SPHERICAL SURFACE: THIN LENS

Name
Program/Year
Subject/Sectio
n

POLICIOUS, Mark Angelo F.

CE/2
PHY13/A2

4
23
08/18/1
5

Group No.
Seat No.
Date

DATA AND OBSERVATIONS

PART A and B. DETERMINATION OF INDEX OF REFRACTION

Length of line GH
Length of FL
Index of refraction of air, na
Index of refraction of glass ,ng
(experimental value)
Index of refraction of glass, ng
(accepted value)
Percent Error

PART A
Light bends from GLASS to AIR
4.0 cm

PART B
Light bends from AIR to GLASS
6.15 cm

6.2 cm

4.10 cm

1.0

1.0

1.55

1.50

1.52

1.52

1.97 %

1.31 %

PART C. DETERMINATION OF CRITICAL ANGLE

Length of line MU

5.7 cm

Length of EU
Critical angle, c
(experimental value)
Critical angle, c
(accepted value)
Percent error

6.5 cm
41.2483
41.14
0.26 %

Approved by:

Instructor

Date

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