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    Travelling Microscope

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    1. The experiment aims to determine the refractive index of a glass slab using a travelling microscope by measuring the apparent and real depths of an object placed on and below the glass slab. 2. The refractive index is calculated using the formula μ = (R3 - R1) / (R3 - R2), where R1, R2, and R3 are readings of the travelling microscope. 3. The readings are taken without the glass slab, with the glass slab, and on licopodium powder placed on the glass slab. The refractive index is calculated to be approximately 1.52.

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    1. The experiment aims to determine the refractive index of a glass slab using a travelling microscope by measuring the apparent and real depths of an object placed on and below the glass slab. 2. The refractive index is calculated using the formula μ = (R3 - R1) / (R3 - R2), where R1, R2, and R3 are readings of the travelling microscope. 3. The readings are taken without the glass slab, with the glass slab, and on licopodium powder placed on the glass slab. The refractive index is calculated to be approximately 1.52.

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    1. The experiment aims to determine the refractive index of a glass slab using a travelling microscope by measuring the apparent and real depths of an object placed on and below the glass slab. 2. The refractive index is calculated using the formula μ = (R3 - R1) / (R3 - R2), where R1, R2, and R3 are readings of the travelling microscope. 3. The readings are taken without the glass slab, with the glass slab, and on licopodium powder placed on the glass slab. The refractive index is calculated to be approximately 1.52.

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    Travelling Microscope

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    Rohan Mohanty
    1. The experiment aims to determine the refractive index of a glass slab using a travelling microscope by measuring the apparent and real depths of an object placed on and below the glass slab. 2. The refractive index is calculated using the formula μ = (R3 - R1) / (R3 - R2), where R1, R2, and R3 are readings of the travelling microscope. 3. The readings are taken without the glass slab, with the glass slab, and on licopodium powder placed on the glass slab. The refractive index is calculated to be approximately 1.52.

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    AIM OF THE EXPERIMENT: To determine the refractive index of a glass slab, using a travelling

    microscope.

    APPARATUS REQUIRED: 1. A travelling microscope


    2. A rectangular glass slab
    3. Licopodium powder,
    4. Geometry instruments box.

    THEORY: The refractive index of the given glass slab is given by the formula

    Real depth
    
    Apparentde pth

    Where,

    Real depth (R.D) is the distance of the object from the interface of the two media.

    Apparent depth (A.D) is the distance of the refracted image from the interface of the two media.

    If R1, R2 and R3 are respectively the reading of travelling microscope for focusing the mark on its
    base, focusing the refracted image on the mark after placing the glass slab over the mark and the
    reading of the travelling microscope on the Licopodium powder placed on the top surface of the
    glass slab.

    The refractive index of the glass slab is given as

    R3  R1
    
    R3  R 2

    Diagram:
    PROCEDURE:

    1. The base of travelling microscope was made perfectly horizontal by adjusting the travelling screws and
    the spirit level.
    2. The travelling microscope was focused on the mark made on the base of it and its reading was noted as
    R1 .
    3. A glass slab was placed on the mark and the refracted image of the mark was focused by raising the
    travelling microscope without adjusting it. This reading was marked as R2.
    4. Some Licopodium powder was sprinkled on the top surface of the glass slab and it was focused by the
    travelling microscope only by raising it. This reading was marked as R3.
    5. The above process was repeated two more times and all the results were neatly tabulated.
    6. Using the formula stated in the theory, the refractive index of glass slab was calculated.

    TABULATION:

    No. Real Apparent Refractive


    of thickness thickness index
    Obs
    (R3-R1) (R3-R2) R3  R1
    Reading on vertical scale when microscope is focused on <in cm> <in cm> 
    . R3  R 2

    Dot-mark without glass Dot-mark with glass slab Licopodium powder


    slab R2 R3
    R1 <in cm> <in cm>
    <in cm>

    MSR VC VSR Total MSR VC VSR Total MSR VC VSR Total

    1 5.2 42 0.042 5.242 5.9 40 0.040 5.940 7.2 35 0.035 7.235 1.993 1.295 1.53

    2 5.5 36 0.036 5.536 6.2 34 0.034 6.234 7.5 31 0.031 7.531 1.995 1.297 1.53

    3 6.1 34 0.034 6.134 6.7 31 0.031 6.731 7.9 26 0.026 7.926 1.792 1.195 1.49

    CALCULATION:

    Determination least count of travelling microscope

    By coinciding the zero mark of the vernier scale with any mark of the main scale it was found that

    50 VSD = 49 MSD

    49
    1 VSD = MSD
    50

    So,

    L.C = 1 MSD – 1 VSD


    49
    = 1 MSD - MSD
    50

    50  49
     MSD
    50

    1
     MSD
    50

    1
    But, 1 MSD = cm
    20

    1 1
    Therefore, L.C = x cm
    50 20

    1
    = cm
    1000

     L.C  0.001 cm

    So, the refractive index of the glass slab is

    1.53  1.53  1.49


    
    3

       1.52

    SOURCES OF ERROR:

    1. The base of the Travelling microscope may not be perfectly horizontal. In such case the depth
    measured will not be the vertical distances.

    PRECAUTION:

    1. During the taking of the reading the microscope has to be raised and care should be taken not to
    refocus it.

    INFERENCE: Within the limits of experimental error, the refractive index of the glass slab was found to be
    1.52.

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