14.1 Bending of light Determining the refractive index of glass In an experiment, a ray of light is directed towards a semi-circular glass block at various angles of incidence. The following table shows the results obtained. Example 1 i r air glass normal Angle of incidence i 00 15 30 45 60 75 Angle of refraction r 00 99 18 26 33 40
14.1 Bending of light (a) Plot a graph of sin i against sin r. How are sin i and sin r related? sin i sin r sin i sin r (a)
14.1 Bending of light (b) From the graph in (a), find the refractive index of the glass. (b) 1.55 As the graph is a straight line that passes through the origin, sin i is directly proportional to sin r. slope of the graph refractive index of the glass