Physics (10th Edition)

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Chapter 26 - The Refraction of Light: Lenses and Optical Instruments - Problems - Page 758: 11

Answer

$\theta_{2,ice}-\theta_{2,water}=0.903^{0}$

Work Step by Step

Given that refractive index of ice $n_{ice}=1.309$ refractive index of water is $n_{water}=1.333$ refractive indwx of air $n_{1,air}=1.000293$ angle of incidence remains same for both ice and water and is given by $\theta_{1,air}=60^{0}$ suppose angle of refraction in ice $\theta_{2,ice}$ and angle of refraction in water is $\theta_{2,water}$ When light travels from medium 1 to medium 2 according to Snell's law $n_{1}sinθ_{1}=n_{2}sinθ_{2}$ Here $n_{1}$ is refractive index of medium $1$ $θ_1$ is angle of incidence in medium $1$ $n_{2}$ is refractive index of medium $2$ $θ_2$ is angle of refraction in medium$ 2$ from above equation we can write $sin\theta_{2}=\frac{n_{1}\times sin\theta_{1}}{n_{2}}$ or $\theta_{2}=sin^{-1}(\frac{n_{1}\times sin\theta_{1}}{n_{2}})$ so when light impinges from air to ice $\theta_{2,ice}=sin^{-1}(\frac{n_{1,air}\times sin\theta_{1,air}}{n_{2,ice}})$ $\theta_{2,ice}=sin^{-1}(\frac{1.000293\times sin60^{0}}{1.309})$ $\theta_{2,ice}=sin^{-1}(\frac{1.000293\times 0.8660}{1.309})$ $\theta_{2,ice}=sin^{-1}(0.66176)$ $\theta_{2,ice}=41.434^{0}$ when light impinges from air to water $\theta_{2,water}=sin^{-1}(\frac{n_{1,air}\times sin\theta_{1,air}}{n_{2water}})$ $\theta_{2,water}=sin^{-1}(\frac{1.000293\times sin60^{0}}{1.333})$ $\theta_{2,water}=sin^{-1}(\frac{1.000293\times 0.8660}{1.333})$ $\theta_{2,water}=sin^{-1}(0.64985)$ $\theta_{2,water}=40.531^{0}$ the difference $\theta_{2,ice}-\theta_{2,water}=41.434^{0}-40.531^{0}$ or $\theta_{2,ice}-\theta_{2,water}=0.903^{0}$
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