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Any two media having different optical densities is necessary.

The conditions for total internal reflection are:

1. Light must travel from the optically denser medium to the optically less dense one.

2. The angle of incidence is greater than the critical angle, which is the angle of incidence in the optically denser medium for which the angle of refraction is 90o.

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