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Does sound while passing from air to water also bend towards normal?
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∙ 14y ago
The law of refraction is a general result of plane waves traveling from one medium to another.
Consider light. The speed of light in water is LESS than its speed in air, and it bends toward the normal (refracts). The speed of sound, however, is GREATER in water than it is in air, thus its "index of refraction" is less than one (i.e. sound bends away from the normal when traveling from air to water).
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What is the light ray when it enter or exits a water air at an angle of 15 degrees with the normal?
sometimes bends towards the normal
What will light do if passing through a fog?
The light scatters on each water particle. This makes visibility difficult as the light can reflect back towards the observer.
Why the ray of light bends away normal or towards normal when it passes from one medium to another?
it deviates its path and meet where water and air surfaces meet.
Which of the following is not capable of transmitting sound. air steel water a vacuum?
A Vacuum cannot transmit sound. A vacuum is by definition, void of any matter. Since sound is transmitted by passing vibrations in matter, without matter it can't carry any sound.
Why does sound travel faster in the water than the air?
sound waves travel when particles bang into each other, passing the pressure along.water molecules are closer together than air molecules, allowing the sound waves to travel faster.
Does sound like light in passing from water to air?
Yes, the sound like the light is refracted and distorted. just like the broken spoon in a glass of water, sound waves under water are broken. Sound traveling from the air to the water are bent and scrambled, but lets say that the spoon was completely in the water, then it appear perfectly normal. so if the sound originated from the water then it would remain undistorted.
What method is used to keep sharks away?
passing strong sound vibrations through water.
What is the light ray when it enter or exits a water air at an angle of 15 degrees with the normal?
sometimes bends towards the normal
A ray of light traveling from air to water will bend which direction?
The ray will bend towards the normal.
Is the foghorn sound in water pipes the same as water hammering?
Not exactly one sounds more like hydraulic shock waves passing through the system
Why if you equals 0 refractiondoes not takes place?
Because from air to water the item will go towards the normal and in water to air the item will gi away from the normal. So if it is already directly along the normal then it wont be refracted.
What is the value of velocity of ultrasonic sound in water?
It should be about the same as the speed of normal sound. The speed of sound varies a bit, depending on the frequency, but usually that is not much.
What will light do if passing through a fog?
The light scatters on each water particle. This makes visibility difficult as the light can reflect back towards the observer.
Why the ray of light bends away normal or towards normal when it passes from one medium to another?
it deviates its path and meet where water and air surfaces meet.
Which of the following is not capable of transmitting sound. air steel water a vacuum?
A Vacuum cannot transmit sound. A vacuum is by definition, void of any matter. Since sound is transmitted by passing vibrations in matter, without matter it can't carry any sound.
Why does a spoon in a cup of water looks bent and discontinuous when viewed through the side of the cup?
when the rays of light falls from the air to water, it bends away from normal,inside water, bends towards normal,when it comes out of water again it ends away from from normal,hence its all because of refraction of light. sabin
Why does sound travel faster in the water than the air?
sound waves travel when particles bang into each other, passing the pressure along.water molecules are closer together than air molecules, allowing the sound waves to travel faster.
