Experiment 26:

Formation of
Images in
Spherical Mirrors
Submitted by Group 1 Members:
Adlaon, Arra
Ala, Reina Revea
Atienza, Christine Louise
Binay, Sharlene Judy
Camarillo, Marty
Caparas, Eldric Joshua
Submitted to: Sir Efren Pascua

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Introduction

The Purpose of this report is to understand how images are formed

differently in a plane, a concave, and a convex mirror which the changes in
image at different object distances are observed. A Light ray diagram
corresponding to each case is also constructed to confirm this behavior. The
magnification of the concave and convex mirrors are also computed using the
light ray sketches.

Subtopics
The law of reflection - When a ray of light strikes a plane mirror, the light
ray reflects off the mirror. Reflection involves a change in direction of the
light ray.
Image formation for plane mirrors - As a person sights in a mirror at the
image of an object, there will be reflected rays of light coming from the
mirror to that person's eye.

Converging - is a type of lens that converge the beams of light from a source. The
focal length is positive, and the image is always real and inverted, except
for p<f when the image is virtual and the same way up.
Diverging - is a type of lens that diverge the beams of light from a source. The focal
length is negative, and the image is always upright, virtual, and diminished
in size (M<1).
Virtual image the image formed when light only appears to come from a
location of the image.
Real image image formed by convergence of light.

Summary of the Report

Spherical mirrors have curved surfaces similar to the sections of a
sphere hence the name. However, there are two types of spherical mirrors
the Convex mirror, which has its reflective surface at the outer half of a
sphere, and the Concave mirror, which has its reflective surface at the inner
half of a sphere. The curved surfaces of these two mirrors affect the
formation of the images. Concave mirrors tend to produce converging,
inverted, real images in front of the mirror. While Convex mirrors tend to
produce diverging, upright, virtual images behind the mirror. Although their
resultant images may vary due to difference in focal points, focal lengths
and position of the object.
There are two types of images formed by spherical mirrors Virtual
and Real images. A real image is an image formed by actual rays of light.
Real images are always inverted, and they may be either larger or smaller
than the object. Virtual images are images, such as that seen in a mirror,
in which the rays of light appear to be emanating from some object that
isnt there is called a virtual image. Virtual images are always erect. They,
also, may be either larger or smaller than the object.

The images formed are also differ based on the behavior of the light
affected by the lenses. Both converging lenses and diverging lenses are
very important in the understanding of optics and other related fields.
Converging lens converge light beams from a source whereas diverging
lenses diverge light rays from a source.

To be able to distinguish the images formed we use the mirror

equation to determine the approximate location and size of the image,
although it will not provide numerical information about image distance and
object size.

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http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/refln/Lesson-2/Image-Characteristics
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