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Define critical angle. How does it depend on the wavelength of incident light?

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The angle of incidence in the denser medium corresponding to which the angle of refraction in the rarer medium is `90^(@)` is called critical angle.
Critical angle `(i_(c))=sin^(-1)(1/mu)`
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