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What happens when light passes from three different mediums like water to glass and glass to air?
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∙ 11y ago
In that case, it will change direction twice - in this example, once when it changes over from water to glass, and once when it changes from glass to air.
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∙ 11y ago
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What medium does light pass through?
Light passes through many mediums, but some of the most important are: Water Glass Air & Vacuum And light passes through vacuums the fastest.
What happens to light that passes through a curved piece of glass?
It gets separated into different beams of energy such as earth wind and fire.
What happens to a beam of white light when it passes through a glass prism?
it creates a rainbow
What happens when refraction occurs?
Refraction occurs when a wave bends as it crosses the boundary between different mediums (eg. air to glass). The wave bends because waves travel at different speeds in different mediums. When a wave enters a more dense medium (eg. air to glass), the wave slows down, and bends towards the 'normal'. When a wave enters a less dense medium (eg. glass to air), the wave speeds up, and bends away from the 'normal'. * The normal is an imaginary line which is perpendicular to where the light is entering the new medium.
Why does light refact when it passes from air into a glass slab?
When light passes into the slab it is changing medium from less to more dense. When that happens the light slows down and bends towards from the normal
What medium does light pass through?
Light passes through many mediums, but some of the most important are: Water Glass Air & Vacuum And light passes through vacuums the fastest.
What happens to light that passes through a curved piece of glass?
It gets separated into different beams of energy such as earth wind and fire.
What happens to the speed of the light when it passes from air into glass?
The speed decreases.
What happens to a beam of white light when it passes through a glass prism?
it creates a rainbow
Why does the light ray bend as it passes from the air to glass or from glass to air?
When light travels, it goes through a substance called a medium which could be anything such as air, water, or glass. Different mediums have different contents within themselves, such as its density, thus giving themselves different "Angles of Incidences". As it passes from one medium to another, the light ray's speed and wavelength are changed, so it'll either travel faster or slower than the previous speed of light. The angle will be given to the ray based on the medium's Angle of Incidence as mentioned before.
What happens when refraction occurs?
Refraction occurs when a wave bends as it crosses the boundary between different mediums (eg. air to glass). The wave bends because waves travel at different speeds in different mediums. When a wave enters a more dense medium (eg. air to glass), the wave slows down, and bends towards the 'normal'. When a wave enters a less dense medium (eg. glass to air), the wave speeds up, and bends away from the 'normal'. * The normal is an imaginary line which is perpendicular to where the light is entering the new medium.
Give a plausible explanation as to why white light separate into different colors?
When the light, containing multiple wavelengths (colors), passes through an interface between 2 mediums (such as air and glass), it bends, but each wavelength bends at a slightly different angle. When they exit at an angle, the wavelengths are separated more. See this video for a demonstration.
What is the rate of slowing of the speed of light?
The speed of light, c is greatest in a "vacuum" and is slowed when passing through transparent mediums such as water, glass and crystals. Different mediums reduce the rate of c differently, depending on a number of factors.
What happens when light passes through glass with the same optical density as air?
Nothing. It continues to travel in a straight line.
Why does light refact when it passes from air into a glass slab?
When light passes into the slab it is changing medium from less to more dense. When that happens the light slows down and bends towards from the normal
What happens when light passes through a glass box?
You will see what some people call a rainbow, the differing refraction of light frequencies
Why are glass material transparent?
light passes through glass
