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What happens to the speed of a light wave when it travels from air to liquid?
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∙ 12y ago
it slows down
Any time a wave enters a new median it is called refraction, the speed, direction, wavelength, and angle of the wave all change. This is why when you put your foot or a stick or something in water, it appears as if is bending. Also, refraction is represented by Snell's law which is n1/n2=sinx2/sinx1=v1v2 (x is usually expresses as theta).
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 10y agoFrom air into water: Speed decreases, wavelength increases.
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What happens to the speed of light when it travels from air into glass?
It decreases.
The speed of light is faster in a liquid true or false?
It travels faster in a liquid than in a gas, but it would travel faster still in a solid.
What happens to speed of light when travel through plastic?
When light travels through anything that is not a vacuum, it will usually slow down.
What happens hen you heat a particle up so fast it travels at the speed of light?
No particle can reach the speed of light. Mass increases with speed, and the particle would become infinitely massive as it came closer to the speed of light.
When is the only time that light travels at the speed of light?
Light always travels at the speed of light, although that's a different number in different substances.
What happens to the speed of a wave as it travels from a liquid to a solid?
it slows down
What happens to the speed of light when it travels from air into glass?
It decreases.
What happens when light passes through vacuum?
it travels at c (speed of light in a vacuum)
The speed of light is faster in a liquid true or false?
It travels faster in a liquid than in a gas, but it would travel faster still in a solid.
What happens when a light ray travels through air into glass?
Light speed slows down in the glass.
What happens to speed of light when they travel through a vacuum?
In a vacuum, light always travels at the same speed, about 300 000 kilometers per second.
What happens to speed of light when travel through plastic?
When light travels through anything that is not a vacuum, it will usually slow down.
What happens hen you heat a particle up so fast it travels at the speed of light?
No particle can reach the speed of light. Mass increases with speed, and the particle would become infinitely massive as it came closer to the speed of light.
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.
When is the only time that light travels at the speed of light?
Light always travels at the speed of light, although that's a different number in different substances.
How do you use light speed in a sentence?
A asteroid travels at the speed of light.
What happens when light travels through vacuum?
Nothing. It continues to propagate at the speed of light, and is not diffracted or distorted except by negligible gravitational effects.
