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प्रश्न
What is meant by the term ‘critical angle’?
What is a critical angle?
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उत्तर
It is the angle of incidence in the denser medium corresponding to which the angle of refraction in the rarer medium is 90°.
संबंधित प्रश्न
State the relation between the critical angle and the absolute refractive index of a medium.
Name two factors which affect the critical angle for a given pair of media. State how do the factors affect it.
State two conditions necessary for total internal reflection to occur.
Two isosceles right-angle glass prisms P and Q are placed near each other as shown in Fig. Complete the path of the light ray entering the prism P till it emerges out of the prism Q.
Swarali has got the following observations while doing an experiment. Answer her questions with the help of observations.
Swarali observed that the light bent away from the normal, while travelling from dense medium to rarer medium. When Swarali increased the values of angle of incidence (i), the values of angle of refraction (r) went on increasing. But at a certain angle of incidence, the light rays returned into the dense medium.
So, Swarali has some questions. Answer them –
a) Name this certain value of ‘i ’. What is the value of ‘r’ at that time ?
b) Name this process of returning of light in dense medium. Explain the process.
The diagram below shows a light source P embedded in a rectangular glass block ABCD of critical angle 42°. Complete the path of the ray PQ till it emerges out of the block. [Write necessary angles].
Plot a graph between
Angle of incidence versus angle of reflection,
Plot a graph between
Sine of angle of incidence versus sine of angle of refraction,
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How is the critical angle of a material related to its refractive index?
A ray of light is incident as a normal ray on the surface of separation of two different mediums. What is the value of the angle of incidence in this case?
Answer the following question.
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Solve Numerical example.
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[tan 45° = 1]
Optical fibre communication uses the principle of ______.
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- Assertion (A): Propagation of light through an optical fibre is due to total internal reflection taking place at the core-cladding interface.
- Reason (R): Refractive index of the material of the cladding of the optical fibre is greater than that of the core.
Small air bubbles rising up a fish tank appear silvery when viewed from some particular angle is due to the ______.
