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Light in water is 1.333 times slower than light in the air.
The reason is that the light is transformed into potential energy in the electrons and exits again as a light particle, so in air it performs the transformation less than in water.
Air has a refractive index which is close to a vacuum, refractive index 1.000, whereas in water the refractive index is 1.333. The index is used when calculating the many different effects substances have on light.
The index itself changes, depending on the wave length (ultraviolet, infrared, etc.)
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