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CBSE: Class 12
Key Points: Refraction at a Rarer Medium
When light travels from optically denser to rarer medium obliquely:
- It bends away from the normal.
- Angle of refraction > angle of incidence.
If angle of incidence exceeds the Critical Angle (C), total internal reflection occurs.
Critical Angle: \[C=\sin^{-1}\left(\frac{\mu_{2}}{\mu_{1}}\right),\mathrm{where~}\mu_{1}>\mu_{2}.\]
At critical angle, refracted ray grazes the surface (angle of refraction = 90°).
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