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What is meant by the term ‘critical angle’?

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What is meant by the term ‘critical angle’?

What is a critical angle?

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It is the angle of incidence in the denser medium corresponding to which the angle of refraction in the rarer medium is 90°.

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2) Name the phenomenon which the rays B and D exhibit.


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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.

 


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