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Are light rays refracted or bent as they pass from on substance to a different substance?
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∙ 13y ago
Yes, and that is called Refraction. This is because the speed of light can vary from medium to medium. The speed of light commonly known is the speed of light at a vacuum.
Put a straw to a glass of water and look from above. You may see the straight straw bent at the surface of water, because the light rays that come from under the water are bent when passing the water/air barrier. Because light rays speeds up when entering air from water. This change of speed can change the angle it was travelling.
Light is an electro magnetic wave. Electro magnetic waves have the wave particle duality, that it behaves as a energy wave as well as a particle stream. Therefore, em waves also has a mass.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoIt is bent; refraction is what occurs as Light passes through the boundary of two different transparent substances.
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Why do we see a distorted view when we look through a window covered with raindrops?
The irregular shapes of the raindrops scatter the image of the outside as the light is refracted or bent when it hits the raindrops. It all goes back to the fact that the speed of light is slower in glass or liquid. You dont really notice a distortion in the glass as it is uniform - all the same thickness, but the raindrops are all different shapes, bending the light in many different angles.
When light is refracted through a prism different colours emerge where do the different colours come from?
Type your answer here... OK. White light is made of the colours of the spectrum (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet - these are the same as the colours of the rainbow). The reason you see these colours instead of wwhite when you shine white light through a prism is that the prism "bends" the light - which splits it into the colours of the spectrum. Red light is the longest, so it is bent the least, and Violet is the shortest - so it is bent the most. This is also how rainbows are made - the rain droplets act as prisms to disperse (split) the light into the colours of the spectrum.
When blue light goes through a prism what happens?
Blue light enters the prism and is refracted (bent) by the glass and emerges as blue light on the other side. Blue light is bent (refracted) most due to its slow(er) speed than say Red light which is faster and has a longer wavelength. Newton did an experiment like this and concluded that white light was made up of different colours of light together. Shine a white light through a prism and it will emerge as all the colours of the rainbow. Blue light is unchanged as it consists only of blue light Answered by Chris Banks.
What happens when light hits a window?
Some of the light will pass through the window. Some of the light will be reflected by the window. A small amount of light will be absorbed by the window. This amount could be increased for certain wavelengths by UV or IR coating. The light that passes through the window will be refracted (or bent) slightly. However, it will not be significant for a thin window pane.
What happens when light hits a bent piece of glass?
Some of the light is reflected off the glass at the same angle - in a manner and angle similar to that of a ball deflected off a surface at a similar angle. This is what happens when light reflects from car windows into our faces. Much of the light, however, will penetrate the glass, so that the light source is seen from the other side. Nevertheless, on contact with the glass, the light that penetrates will be refracted (bent) and travel through the glass at a different angle from that of its original contact with the glass; but once having travelled through the glass, it will leave at its original angle of contact. The amount of refraction depends on a number of factors, but especially, on the thickness of the glass and specific angle of contact involved. So, the light bends as it passes through the glass, but leaves at its original angle.
What happens to white light as it travels through a prism?
The light is refracted (bent) causing it to separate into different colors.
How does refraction make color?
White light is made up of different colors. When white light enters water (like moisture in the air) it is bent (refracted). However the different colors are bent (refracted) by different amounts. So this different amount of bending has the effect of separating the white light into its colors and we see this as a rainbow.lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
What is refracted when it travels through an object and is bent?
light
When light rays are bent they are called?
refraction or refracted
Can light be bent or refracted when it hits a new material at a angle?
Light can only be bent by gravity, therefore, refraction occurs when light hits an atom's electron and is scattered in a different direction.
What and is refraction?
Reflection: light bounces off of a surface, like a mirror.Refraction: light goes through a substance and bends. For example, white light through a prism comes out in a rainbow because the light is refracted or bent and each color has a different index of refraction.
What is refraction What is reflection?
Reflection: light bounces off of a surface, like a mirror.Refraction: light goes through a substance and bends. For example, white light through a prism comes out in a rainbow because the light is refracted or bent and each color has a different index of refraction.
Can light be bent or refracted when hit a new material at an angle?
yes it is true
In the different colors of light which is the bent most and the least?
Blue bends best. More precisely, the shorter the wavelength of the light, the more it is refracted. The blue/violet end of the spectrum is bent more than the red end.
When the refracted light is bent back into the incident material is called a?
total internal refraction
Can light be bent or refracted when it hits a new material at a new angle?
Yes, to all of that.
Light that is bent is said to be?
Light that bend called 'refracted' or refraction of light and that turn back is called 'reflected' or rflection of light.
