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How light travels in a single medium in terms of speed and bending of light?
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In a single homogeneous medium (electrical properties constant throughout
the medium), the speed of light is constant ... although less than its speed in
vacuum ... and the light does not bend. Bending (refraction) only occurs at the
boundary between different media in which the speeds are different, or in a single
medium whose properties change gradually (like the atmosphere).
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What is a rarer medium?
If the light travels faster in the second medium, then this medium is called the rarer medium.
A stick partly dipped in water appers broken due to?
the phenomenon of refraction. When light travels from one medium (such as air) to another medium with a different optical density (such as water), it changes speed and direction, causing the light rays to bend. This bending of light can make the stick appear broken or bent at the water's surface.
In what medium the speed of light will be minimum?
The speed of light is a set speed at which all electromagnetic waves travel at in a vacuum. It is 3*10^8 meters/second... That being said, when light, or any other EM wave, travels through a medium it will slow down. Every material has an index of refraction which is the ratio of the speed at which light travels in a vacuum, to the the speed it travels in that material. If you know the index of refraction, you can use Snell's law to determine the speed light will travel through a specific medium. Every medium is different, however a rule of thumb is the denser the medium, the slower light will travel through it. For example, light travels faster in the atmoshpere than it does in water.
Why Refractive index the medium is always greater than 1?
That means that light travels slower in the medium than in empty space.
Does light travel faster or slower when it travels in a medium?
Light travels slower through a medium. Generaly the dencer the medium the slower light travels. Light travels fastest through a vacuum assuming its speed is not being affected by gravity which also affects the speed of light. Examples. A very very thick piece of glass will appear thinner than it actually is and a streight stick will appear to bend if put into water at an angle.
What isThe bending of light as it travels from one medium to the next?
This is called refraction due to differences in the speed of light in the different mediums.
How the thickness of the atmosphere affects how light is bent?
when light travels from one medium to another it deviates from its normal path. the deviation is dependent on the refractive index of the medium. Bending of light ray also depends on the thickness of the medium. therefore more the thickness more is the deviation caused and more is the bending.
When light travels from a less optically dense medium to an optically denser one it bends.which statemant describe the bending?
Refraction.
BENDING of light rays when they enter it diffirent medium is known as?
Refraction is the bending of light waves as they pass from one medium to another.
What is the bending of a wave as it enters a new medium at an angle?
When a ray of light travels from one transparent medium into another medium, it bends while crossing the interface, separating the two media. This phenomenon is called refraction.
Why is it important to explain the speed of light together with the medium in which the light travels?
The speed of light is dependent on the medium it travels through. Light travels fastest in a vacuum than in water or air.
Does light travels in waves and is required in a medium?
Yes, it travels in waves, but it doesn't need a medium.
What is a rarer medium?
If the light travels faster in the second medium, then this medium is called the rarer medium.
How do you determine refractive index of a glass slab?
By using travelling microscope and formula n=h/h'
What is going from one medium to another bends light called?
Refraction, which is the bending of light
What is the bending of light when it travels from one medium to another of different optical densities?
The difference in refractive index of different media affects the bending of light! The density of the medium also plays a key role in it! As the density changes the speed of the light also changes! The extent up to which light bends (refracts) is purely based on the refractive index of that particular medium (sin i/sin r)! If the angle of incidence of the light is is greater than the threshold value ie., the critical angle light gets totally reflected into the medium else light gets refracted! Critical angle varies for each medium!
What is the bending of light waves as they pass from one medium to another?
refraction
