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The Speed of Light in Glass is 2 × 105 Km/S. What is the Refractive Index of Glass?

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प्रश्न

The speed of light in glass is 2 × 105 km/s. What is the refractive index of glass?

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उत्तर

Given:

Speed of light in glass = 2 x 105 km/s  = 2 x 108 m/s

Refractive index of glass is 

`mu_"glass" = (3 xx 10^8)/(2xx10^8) = 1.5`

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