Home
Class 12
PHYSICS
Find the maximum angle of refraction whe...

Find the maximum angle of refraction when a light ray is refracted from glass `(mu= 1.50)` to air.

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

`1.5sin C = 1 sin 90^(@)`m where `C` = critical angle.
`sin C = 2//3`
`C = sin^(-1) 2//3`
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • GEOMATRICAL OPTICS

    RESONANCE ENGLISH|Exercise Problem|33 Videos

  • GEOMATRICAL OPTICS

    RESONANCE ENGLISH|Exercise Exercise-1|141 Videos

  • EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS

    RESONANCE ENGLISH|Exercise PART -II|10 Videos

  • GRAVITATION

    RESONANCE ENGLISH|Exercise HIGH LEVEL PROBLEMS|16 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

Find the angle theta_a made by the light ray when it gets refracted from water to air, as shown in Fig .

The angle of incidence is always smaller than angle of refraction when a ray travels from air to glass. ______

A circular beam of light of diameter (width) falls on a plane surface of glass. The angle of incidence is .I., angle of refraction is .r. and refractive index of glass is mu . Then the diameter of the refracted beam d. is…….

A plane wavefront is incident at an angle of 37^(@) with horizontal a boundary of refractive medium from air (mu=1) to a medium of refractive index mu=3/2 . Find the angle of refracted wavefront with horizontal

Find the angle of deviation suffered by the light ray shown in figure. The refractive index mu= 2.0 for the prism material.

Calculate the critical angle of glass and water pair. (The refractive index for glass is 1.50 and refractive index for water is 1.33).

Fig. (a) and (b) show refraction of an incident ray in air at 60^@ with the normal to a glass-air and water-air interface respectively. Predict the angle of refraction of an incident ray in water at 45^@ with the normal to a water glass interface. Take .^a mu_g = 1.32 . .

Find the angle of devaition suffered by the light ray shown in figure for following two conditions. The refractive index for the prism material is mu = 3//2 . (i) When the prism is placed in air 9mu = 1) (ii) When the prism is placed in water (mu = 4//3)

A ray of light is incident on the hypotenuse of a right-angled prism after travelling parallel to the base inside the prism. If mu is the refractive index of the material of the prism, the maximum value of the base angle for which light is totally reflected from the hypotenuse is

The refracting angle of a glass prism is 30^@. A ray is incident onto one of the faces perpendicular to it. Find the angle delta between the incident ray and the ray that leaves the prism. The refractive index of glass is mu=1.5.

RESONANCE ENGLISH-GEOMATRICAL OPTICS -Advance level Problems
  1. Find the maximum angle of refraction when a light ray is refracted fro...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. A U-shaped wire is placed before a concave having radius of curvature ...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. A paperweight in the form of a hemisphere of radius 3.0 cm is used to ...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. A hollow sphere of glass of refractive index mu has a small mark on it...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. Two media each of refractive index 1.5 with plane parallel boundaries ...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. Two converging lenses of the same focal length f are separated by a di...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. Two plane mirrors makes an angle of 120^(@) with each other. The dista...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. A kid of height 1.1 ft is sleeping straight between focus and centre o...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. The average size of an Indian face is 24xx16 cm^(2). Find the minimum ...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. As shown in Figure,. And object O is at the position (-10,2) with resp...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. A point sourcs S is moving with a speed of 10 m//s in x-y plane as sho...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. A man is standing at the edge of a 1m deep swimming pool, completely f...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. An object lies in front if a thick parallel glass slab, the bottom of ...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. A beam of parallel rays of diameter 'b' propagates in glass at an angl...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. A small ball is thrown from the edge of one bank of a river of width 1...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. Two concave mirrors each of focal length 'f' are placed infront of eac...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. An observer observer a fish moving upwards in a cylindrical container ...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. The figure shows the square face (of side 'a') of a transparent cuboid...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. An insect at point 'P' sees its two images in the water mirror system ...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. A ray of light is incident on a surface in a direction given by vector...

    Text Solution

    |

  21. If an observer sees the bottom of the vessel shown in Figure., at 8cm,...

    Text Solution

    |