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    Glass Slab Experiment

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    The experiment aimed to trace the path of a light ray passing through a rectangular glass slab for different angles of incidence by measuring the angle of incidence, refraction, and emergence. Snell's law states that the ratio of sines of the angle of incidence and refraction is constant. Observations showed that the angle of incidence and emergence were almost equal, and the angle of refraction was always less than the angle of incidence as light bends when moving from a rarer to denser medium. Precautions like using a smooth glass slab and maintaining minimum distances between pins were followed.

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    Glass Slab Experiment

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    The experiment aimed to trace the path of a light ray passing through a rectangular glass slab for different angles of incidence by measuring the angle of incidence, refraction, and emergence. Snell's law states that the ratio of sines of the angle of incidence and refraction is constant. Observations showed that the angle of incidence and emergence were almost equal, and the angle of refraction was always less than the angle of incidence as light bends when moving from a rarer to denser medium. Precautions like using a smooth glass slab and maintaining minimum distances between pins were followed.

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    The experiment aimed to trace the path of a light ray passing through a rectangular glass slab for different angles of incidence by measuring the angle of incidence, refraction, and emergence. Snell's law states that the ratio of sines of the angle of incidence and refraction is constant. Observations showed that the angle of incidence and emergence were almost equal, and the angle of refraction was always less than the angle of incidence as light bends when moving from a rarer to denser medium. Precautions like using a smooth glass slab and maintaining minimum distances between pins were followed.

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    1K views3 pages

    Glass Slab Experiment

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    Tathagat S
    The experiment aimed to trace the path of a light ray passing through a rectangular glass slab for different angles of incidence by measuring the angle of incidence, refraction, and emergence. Snell's law states that the ratio of sines of the angle of incidence and refraction is constant. Observations showed that the angle of incidence and emergence were almost equal, and the angle of refraction was always less than the angle of incidence as light bends when moving from a rarer to denser medium. Precautions like using a smooth glass slab and maintaining minimum distances between pins were followed.

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    Experiment no.

    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, angle of emergence, and interpret the result.

    Theory
    The refraction of light is a property of light in which the light changes its path when it passes from one
    medium to the other.

    Following are the laws of refraction:

    • The incident ray, the normal ray, and the refracted ray, all lie in the same plane.
    • Snell’s law: The law states that the ratio of the sine of an angle of incidence to the sine of the angle
    of refraction is constant.
    sin i/ sin r =constant

    Materials Required
    1. A drawing board
    2. 4-6 all pins
    3. White sheet of paper
    4. Rectangular glass slab
    5. A protractor
    6. A scale
    7. A pencil
    8. Thumb pins
    Ray Diagram

    Observation Table
    Sl.no Angle of Angle of Angle of ∠i – ∠e
    incidence refraction emergence ∠PEN – ∠SFM’
    ∠i = ∠PEN ∠r = ∠MEF ∠e = ∠SFM’
    1 30° 28° 30° 0°
    2 45° 43° 44.8° 0.2°
    3 60° 56° 59.8° 0.2°
    Due to human error the value of ∠i – ∠e may not be equal to zero.

    Conclusion
    • The angle of incidence and the angle of emergence are almost equal.
    • As the light is traveling from rarer to denser optical medium, the angle of refraction will be lesser
    than the angle of incidence.
    • The light will bend towards the normal when it travels from an optically rarer medium to an optically
    denser medium.
    Precautions
    • The rectangular glass slab used should have perfectly smooth faces.
    • The drawing board should be soft so that pins can be easily fixed on it.
    • The angle of incidence should lie between 30° and 60°.
    • All pins base should be in a straight line.
    • The distance between the pins P and Q or the pins R and S, a minimum 5 cm gap should be
    maintained.

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