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    This document describes an experiment to investigate how the angle of deviation of light passing through a hollow glass prism filled with different transparent fluids depends on the angle of incidence. When light passes from one medium to another, it changes speed and bends due to refraction. By measuring how much the light bends at different angles, the refractive index of the fluid can be determined. The experiment uses a hollow glass prism filled with various liquids to observe how the angle of deviation varies with the angle of incidence and calculates the refractive index from the minimum deviation angle.

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    This document describes an experiment to investigate how the angle of deviation of light passing through a hollow glass prism filled with different transparent fluids depends on the angle of incidence. When light passes from one medium to another, it changes speed and bends due to refraction. By measuring how much the light bends at different angles, the refractive index of the fluid can be determined. The experiment uses a hollow glass prism filled with various liquids to observe how the angle of deviation varies with the angle of incidence and calculates the refractive index from the minimum deviation angle.

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    This document describes an experiment to investigate how the angle of deviation of light passing through a hollow glass prism filled with different transparent fluids depends on the angle of incidence. When light passes from one medium to another, it changes speed and bends due to refraction. By measuring how much the light bends at different angles, the refractive index of the fluid can be determined. The experiment uses a hollow glass prism filled with various liquids to observe how the angle of deviation varies with the angle of incidence and calculates the refractive index from the minimum deviation angle.

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    This document describes an experiment to investigate how the angle of deviation of light passing through a hollow glass prism filled with different transparent fluids depends on the angle of incidence. When light passes from one medium to another, it changes speed and bends due to refraction. By measuring how much the light bends at different angles, the refractive index of the fluid can be determined. The experiment uses a hollow glass prism filled with various liquids to observe how the angle of deviation varies with the angle of incidence and calculates the refractive index from the minimum deviation angle.

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    AIM

    To investigate the dependence of the angle of


    deviation, on the angle of incidence, using hollow
    prism filled, one by one, with different transparent
    fluids.

    INTRODUCTION
    When light is incident on the interface of two
    mediums, it deviates from its original path.
    This phenomenon is known as refraction. The basic
    cause of refraction is the change in the velocity of
    light while going from one medium to another.
    The velocity of light is different in different
    mediums, depending primarily on the density of
    the medium. In a denser medium, velocity of light
    is lower. Thus, light tends to 'bend' or deviate more
    from its original path, which, in turn, implies that
    the medium has greater refractive index. By
    measuring the angle of deviation and its variation
    with angle of incidence, we can find the minimum
    angle of deviation. It is possible to calculate the

    refractive index of a medium from the value of the


    angle of minimum deviation. The liquid under study
    is taken in a hollow prism. Four refractions take
    place first at the
    air -glass interface; second at the glass -liquid
    interface; third at the liquid -glass interface and
    lastly at the glass -air interface. However, for
    simplification, it has been assumed that the glass
    has negligible thickness, and only two effective
    refractions take place first, when light moves
    from air to liquid, and second, when it moves from
    liquid to air. The calculations for refractive index
    have been done within these premises.

    Material Required
    Drawing sheet, drawing board, pins, a hollow glass
    prism and various liquids under study.

    THEORY
    Prism : A prism is a portion of transparent
    medium bounded by two plane faces inclined
    to each other at a suitable angle. The angle A
    between them is the refracting angle or the
    angle of prism. The line where the two

    refracting faces meet is called the refracting


    edge of the prism. A section ABC made by the
    plane at right angles to the refracting edge of
    the prism is called the principal section of the
    prism.

    Refraction through a prism


    A ray of light suffers refraction twice on
    passing through a prism and hence deviates
    through
    a certain angle from its original path.

    A. Calculation of angle of deviation :


    In the figure, ABC is a principal section of a prism
    with angle A as angle of prism. A ray of light

    PQ is incident on the face of AB of the prism at


    angle i.
    It bends towards the normal N 1 0 and is refracted
    along QR at angle r. The refracted ray QR is
    incident at angle r, on face AC of the prism. It
    bends away from normal N20 and emerges along
    RS at angle i. In passing through the prism, ray IPS
    suffers refraction twice and deviates through angle
    LMN= ,
    In AMQR,
    = ZMQR + LMRQ
    = (i1 ri ) + (i2 r2)
    = (i1 + i2) (r1 r 2) ...(1)
    In AOQR,
    ZO + Zr 1 + Zr 2 = 180 degree...(2)
    In quadrilateral AQOR,
    As ZQ + ZR = 180 (because each angle is 90)
    Therefore, LA + LO = 180 (sum of four angles of
    quadrilateral is 360)
    Using equation (2),
    LO + Lr 1 + Zr2 = ZA + ZO
    Zr1 + Zr2 = ZA (3)
    Put in (1),

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