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AIM:
The aim of this investigation is to estimate the refractive index of
Perspex using white light, and to investigate dispersion of white light
through a prism.
HYPOTHESIS:
The refractive index will remain the same for the medium,
regardless of the angle of incidence.
If white light is emitted in Perspex, it will separate into its
components with red light refracting most and blue light refracting
least.
APPARATUS:
Light Box
Rectangular
Perspex Prism
Semi circular
Perspex prism
Triangular
Perspex prism
VARIABLES:
Power pack
Notebook
Pencil
Blank A4 sized
paper
Dark room
(google.com,
2015)
PROCEDURE:
Part 2:
1.
PRE LAB:
Refraction is the bending of a wave when it enters a medium where its speed
is different. The refraction of light when it passes from a fast medium to a
slow medium bends the light ray toward the normal to the boundary between
the two media.
REULTS:
n1 sin 1
=n2
sin 2
n1 is 1.000277
1.000277 sin 1
=n 2
sin 2
Angle of
incidence
20
Angle of
refraction
14
N1
N2
1.000277
1.414
1.
2.
40
60
35
80
26
37
20
50
1.000277
1.000277
1.000277
1.000277
Average
1.467
1.439
1.678
1.286
1.4568
ANALYSIS:
Refer to your hypothesis which colour of light caused the
greatest refraction? Give evidence (from your results) which
supports your answer.
3.
Which way does light refract (bend) in relation to
the normal, when it travels:
(a) from a less dense medium to a more dense medium?
5.
Describe Snells Law and the Refractive Index.
6.
Find the accepted value of sin i for perspex and air (for
white light).
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Scienceworld.wolfram.com,.'Snell'sLawFromEricWeisstein'sWorldOfPhysics'.N.p.,
2015.Web.8Aug.2015.