The virtual image that seems to be behind the mirror is of the same size of the object from where the rays come from. The distance between the object and the mirror is the same distance between the mirror and the virtual image. The most notable difference is that the virtual image is reversed
Mirrors have a very smooth surface with very few irregularities - unlike the surface of say paper - which may feel smooth to the touch but in fact is a very irregular surface if seen under a microscope. Light hitting an irregular surface is scattered in all directions so no image can be formed. Light hitting a mirror is reflected in the same order that it strikes the mirror - so an ordered reflection of the object is seen as a clear image.
We see objects in a mirror, because a mirror, when hit by particles of light called photons, reflects the photons back to us and some reach, and enter, our eyes. Photons that hit a rough surface will bounce off of the surface in a haphazard manner, while those that hit a smooth surface, such as a mirror, only bounce off of the surface at the same angle at which they hit the object. The scientific term for this phenomenon is reflection.
Not all smooth surfaces reflect photons back to us, even though, technically, they should bounce back at the same angle at which they hit the surface. This exception to the rule results, because some smooth surfaces absorb the light particles hitting them, making it impossible for them to bounce back.
Another apparent exception to this rule is that, although our bodies are rough, uneven surfaces, off of which light bounces at random angles, our images reflect off of a mirror. The reason for this apparent contradiction is simply that when we stand in front of a mirror, some, but not all, of the light particles bouncing off of us will hit the smooth surface of the mirror. The ones that do reflect our images back to our eyes at exactly the same angle at which they hit the mirror.
In other words, photons that bounce off of any part of our bodies and hit the mirror reflect back to our eyes from only one place on the mirror, and at only one angle. It follows that each point on our bodies that reflects back to our eyes from one point on the mirror produces an image in the mirror. All of the images together make up our reflections, like it or not. And remember that mirrors don't lie!
Reflection . . . -- looking at yourself in a mirror -- turning on the light in the room in order to see the floor -- seeing the moon in the sky Refraction . . . -- putting on your glasses in order to see more clearly -- the pencil looks like it's bent when you stick one end of it in water -- the weather radar is aimed slightly UP in order to see a storm 100 miles away
1.Regular Reflection takes place only on a smooth and higly polished surface.Eg. Mirror 2.Regular reflection has application of laws of reflections. 1. Irregular(diffuse) reflection takes place on irregular surfaces , with high no. of grooves. Eg. walls 2. Laws of reflection do not apply in irregular relfection.
* Maxwell's laws of electromagnetism * conservation of momentum * laws of reflection / refraction * diffraction
the laws of reflection hold for irregular reflection because every angle of incidence and reflection have their own normals.therefore the angle of reflection become equal to the reflected ray and thus the law of reflection hold.if they have their own normal they must be in one plane.
both follow quite much the same laws .....bt after following d laws if it comes outtof d other side its refraction if it comes out frm d same surface frm wer it entered its reflection.
angle of incidence is equal to angle of reflection.
When the rays of light do not follow the laws of reflection, then this type of reflection is called diffused reflection.
Reflection . . . -- looking at yourself in a mirror -- turning on the light in the room in order to see the floor -- seeing the moon in the sky Refraction . . . -- putting on your glasses in order to see more clearly -- the pencil looks like it's bent when you stick one end of it in water -- the weather radar is aimed slightly UP in order to see a storm 100 miles away
Nope.. because mirror doesn't forms images by following laws of refraction they follows laws of reflection. consider a plane immersed in the liquid, obviously beam of light will bend(refraction of the liquid) but when it reaches the surface it simply reflects back(laws of reflection) thus the condition will be again satisfied Angle i=Angle r. only in case of lens it changes(By lens maker's formula)
1.Regular Reflection takes place only on a smooth and higly polished surface.Eg. Mirror 2.Regular reflection has application of laws of reflections. 1. Irregular(diffuse) reflection takes place on irregular surfaces , with high no. of grooves. Eg. walls 2. Laws of reflection do not apply in irregular relfection.
* Maxwell's laws of electromagnetism * conservation of momentum * laws of reflection / refraction * diffraction
the laws of reflection hold for irregular reflection because every angle of incidence and reflection have their own normals.therefore the angle of reflection become equal to the reflected ray and thus the law of reflection hold.if they have their own normal they must be in one plane.
There are 2 major statements regarding the laws of reflection:- 1. The angle of incidence = angle of reflection OR theta 1 = theta 2 and 2. The incident ray, the reflected ray and the normal (line perpendicular to the plane of the mirror/ reflective surface) all lie in the same plane.
no It is definitely obeying both the basic laws of reflection. Only that on irregular reflection, all incident rays are at different angles which results in scattered reflected rays of light.
both follow quite much the same laws .....bt after following d laws if it comes outtof d other side its refraction if it comes out frm d same surface frm wer it entered its reflection.
yes .. at any interface when light passes from one medium to another part of it gets reflected and remaining refracted. so some amount of light incident when passing from air to glass gets reflected. but in the reverse way i.e, from glass to air there is chance for all the light incident to get reflected as in the case of total internal reflection. and again coming to your case the amount of light reflected follows the laws of reflection i.e, angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection. the light which got refracted follows the snell's laws of refraction.
No, it means that certain conditions are not fulfilled, so the law simply doesn't apply. Alternately, you can consider diffuse reflection as lots of small pieces of surface, each of which reflects the incoming light ray in a different reflection.