Snell's Law

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AP Physics 2 › Snell's Law

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Light travels from air to diamond . If the angle of incidence is , determine the angle of refraction.

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Light in a vacuum hits the surface of an unknown material with an angle of incidence of . The angle of refraction is . What is the index of refraction of the unknown material?

3

Light of wavelength goes from vacuum to an unknown liquid with an angle of incidence of and has an angle of diffraction of . Determine the index of refraction in the unknown liquid.

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Light in a vacuum hits the surface of an unknown material with an angle of incidence of . The angle of refraction is . What is the index of refraction of the unknown material?

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Light travels from a vacuum, , to a material with . What will be the velocity in the new medium?

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Light travels from a vacuum to a material with . What will be the velocity in the new medium?

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Light in a medium with index of refraction arrives at a boundary with another medium (with index of refraction ) at an angle of to the normal. The refracted light exits the boundary at an angle of from the normal. What is ?

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A beam of light going through a medium with an index of refraction of 1.14 has an angle of incidence of with another medium. If the light wave is at a new angle of , what is the index of refraction for the second medium?

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Light of wavelength goes from vacuum to an unknown liquid with an angle of incidence of and has an angle of diffraction of . Determine the wavelength in the unknown liquid.

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A laser beam traveling from air to glass () at an angle relative to normal. What is the angle of refraction for this scenario?

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