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Form 4 Physics
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Name Sun Lun Chi Student number S98006900 Job Leader Original script Second stage production Illustrations Additional Scripts Animations & SFX
S98007150
S98007800 S98006810 S98007070
November 1998
Contents
Reflection and refraction (revision) Critical angle Total internal reflection Fish eye view
mirror
glass
Angle of refraction
AIR
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AIR
90or
AIR
1 sin C = n
C = sin-1 (11.5) Critical angle = 42o For water, the refractive index is 1.33;
C = sin-1 (11.33) Critical angle = 48.8o
-1 Csin = sin C=
11 ( ) nn
What if ...
the angle of incidence (from glass) is larger than the critical angle?
A B
C
The angle of refraction will become smaller again. There will be no refracted ray.
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AIR
water
waves
waves
water
2C
What is C ? critical angle
water
C is
C=
sin-1
1 ( ) n
Total internal reflection occurs when a light ray tries to escape from water (or glass) to air at an angle of incidence larger than the critical angle at the interface. Fish eye view is an example of total internal reflection and refraction.