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Refractive index is the ratio of speed in a vacumme as to speed of light in a medium. The slowest speed of light is attain by use extremely cold sodium atom as light medium and it is succeed to slow down the speed of light from 186,000 Mile/second to 38 Mile/hr (300,000,000 m/s -> 17 m/s).
This account to refractive index of 17,621,000
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∙ 12y agoThe index of refraction of a substance describes the speed of light in that substance,
as a ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to its speed in that substance.
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What is the bending of light rays as it passes from one material into another?
Index Of Refraction
When light passes from a medium with a high index of refraction into a medium with a lower index of refraction which direction does the light bend?
A medium with a higher index of refraction, like diamond, is more dense than the medium with a lower index of refraction, like air. If the ray of light is moving from the less dense medium (lower index of refraction), to a more dense (higher index of refraction) the ray of light bends TOWARDS the normal.
What happens when a light moves from a material with a lower index of refraction to another material with a higher index of refraction?
The ray of light bends towards the normal.
How can the index of refraction for different substances be determined mathematically?
n(index of refraction) = c(speed of light in a vacuum)/v(speed of material in the sebstance)
How is the index of refraction of a substance related to the speed of light in the substance?
The substance's index of refraction isSpeed of light in vacuum / Speed of light in the substance
What is used to describe how the medium reflects light?
Index of refraction
What is used to describe how medium reflects light?
Index of refraction
What is the bending of light rays as it passes from one material into another?
Index Of Refraction
How do you think increasing a medium's index of refraction might affect the angle of refraction?
Q: How do you think increasing a medium's index of refraction might affect the angle of refraction?
When light passes from a medium with a high index of refraction into a medium with a lower index of refraction which direction does the light bend?
A medium with a higher index of refraction, like diamond, is more dense than the medium with a lower index of refraction, like air. If the ray of light is moving from the less dense medium (lower index of refraction), to a more dense (higher index of refraction) the ray of light bends TOWARDS the normal.
How is the refractive index of glass is to water is related with that of air is to water?
Each substance has an index of refraction. The index of refraction of water is about 1.3330 . The index of refraction of air at standard conditions is about 1.0003 . There is no such thing as the index of refraction of "water to air".
When the mineral uvarovite has an index of refraction of 1.86. calculate the speed of light in this sample of uvarovite?
Use the definition of "index of refraction". In this case, you simply need to divide the speed of light in a vacuum by the index of refraction.
What is the refraction index of oil?
200
What is a property of a material that indicates how much it reduces the speed of light?
well kids, the answer is INDEX OF REFRACTION. (: science question on my homework
How is the index of refraction of a medium related to the speed light of in the medium?
c divided by the index of refraction of the medium = the speed of light in the medium.
does light travels three-fourths as fast through water as it does a vacuum. what is water's index in refraction?
Water's index of refraction is 1.333
Which best describes a material with a low index of refraction near 1?
The speed of light stays constant
