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The angle between the incident ray and emergent ray is called the angle of - Deviation

It depends on the refractive index of the glass slab, the material the light is traveling through before hitting the slab as well as the angle it hits the slab at.

Snell's law:

The refractive index of the medium the light is traveling out of - times - sin for the angle between the ray of light and the normal of the surface = the refractive index of the medium the light is traveling into - times - sin for the angle between the ray of light and the normal of the surface on the other side.

n1 * sin(angle1) = n2 * sin(angle2)

Where:

n1 = Refractive index of the material the light is exiting.

sin(angle1) = Sin for the angle at which the light hits the surface of the glass slab. This angle is measured by drawing a line from the point on the glass slab that the light hits the surface perpendicular to the surface, that is to say at a 90 degree angle against the surface. You then measure the angle between this new line and the line of the ray of light.

n2 = Refractive index of the material the light is entering

sin(angle2) = Sin for the angle at which the light leaves the edge of the glass slab.

Illustration:

http://www.math.ubc.ca/~cass/courses/m309-01a/chu/Fundamentals/snell01.gif

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