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Light of a single colour is passed through a liquid having a piece of glass suspended in it. On changing the temperature of liquid, at a particular temperature the glass piece is not seen.

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Light of a single colour is passed through a liquid having a piece of glass suspended in it. On changing the temperature of liquid, at a particular temperature the glass piece is not seen. When is the glass piece not seen?

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The glass piece is not seen when the refractive index of liquid becomes equal to the refractive index of glass.

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Chapter 4: Refraction of Light at Plane Surfaces - EXERCISE - 4 (A) [Page 81]

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Selina Concise Physics [English] Class 10 ICSE
Chapter 4 Refraction of Light at Plane Surfaces
EXERCISE - 4 (A) | Q 20. (i) | Page 81

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