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    ACTIVITY – Tracing path of a ray of light through a Glass slab

    Aim
    To trace the path of a ray of light passing through a rectangular glass slab for different angles of incidence. Measure the
    angle of incidence, angle of refraction, and angle of emergence, and interpret the result.

    Theory
    Refraction is the property of light due to which it bends its path while travelling from one medium to another. The law of
    refraction is also known as Snell’s law which states that the ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence to the sine of the angle
    of refraction is equal to constant. Below is an experiment to trace the path of a light ray passing through the rectangular glass
    slab.
    Materials Required- A drawing board, 4-6 all pins, White sheet of paper, Rectangular glass slab, A protractor, A scale, A
    pencil, Thumb pins

    Procedure
    1. Fix a white sheet on the soft drawing board using thumb pins. Place the glass slab at the centre of the white paper
    and draw its outline boundary using a sharp pencil.
    2. Let ABCD be the rectangular figure obtained by drawing. Mark a point E on AB and draw a perpendicular EN and
    label it as a normal ray. Draw one angle of 30° with the help of protractor with EN. Fix pins at P and Q at 4-5 cm
    on the ray that is obtained by the angle.
    3. Place the glass slab on the rectangular figure ABCD. To fix R and S, see through the glass slab from side CD, such
    that when seen through the glass slab, all the pins P, Q, R, and S should lie in a straight line.
    4. Draw small circles around the pins P, Q, R and S and remove the pins. Remove the glass slab. Join points R and S
    such that it meets CD at point F. Draw a perpendicular N’M’ to CD at point F. Using a pencil, join the points E
    and F. Measure the angles formed at AB and CD, i.e, the incident angle, refracted angle, and emergent angle. T
    5. he lateral displacement is obtained by extending the ray PQ in a dotted line which is parallel to ray FRS.Measure
    the lateral displacement.
    6. Repeat the same procedure for angles 45° and 60°.

    Ray Diagram

    Observation Table
    Sl.no Angle of incidence Angle of refraction Angle of emergence ∠i – ∠e
    ∠i = ∠PEN ∠r = ∠MEF ∠e = ∠SFM’ ∠PEN – ∠SFM’

    1 30° 28° 30° 0°

    2 45° 43° 44.8° 0.2°

    Due to human error the value of ∠i – ∠e may not be equal to zero.
    Conclusion
    1. The angle of incidence and the angle of emergence are almost equal.
    2. As the light is traveling from rarer to denser optical medium, the angle of refraction will be lesser than the angle of
    incidence.
    3. For different angles of incidence, the lateral displacement will remain the same.The light will bend towards the
    normal when it travels from an optically rarer medium to an optically denser medium.

    Precautions

    1. The rectangular glass slab used should have perfectly smooth faces.
    2. The drawing board should be soft so that pins can be easily fixed on it.
    3. The angle of incidence should lie between 30° and 60°.
    4. All pins base should be in a straight line.

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