Respuesta :
Answer:
The difference in angle of refraction between the red and blue light is 0.2°
Explanation:
Here is the complete question
Sunlight strikes a piece of crown glass at an angle of incidence of 37.4°. Calculate the difference in the angle of refraction between a red (660 nm) and a blue (470 nm) ray within the glass. The index of refraction is n=1.520 for red and n=1.531 for blue light.
Solution
From Snell's law refractive index n = sini/sinr where i = angle of incidence and r = angle of refraction.
Now for the red light nā = 1.520, i = 37.4° and rā = angle of refraction of red light
So, nā = sini/sinrā
nāsinrā = sini
sinrā = sini/nā
rā = sinā»Ā¹(sini/nā) = sinā»Ā¹(sin37.4°/1.52) = sinā»Ā¹(0.6074/1.52) = sinā»Ā¹(0.3996) = 23.55°
Now for the blue light nā = 1.531, i = 37.4° and rā = angle of refraction of blue light
So, nā = sini/sinrā
nāsinrā = sini
sinrā = sini/nā
rā = sinā»Ā¹(sini/nā) = sinā»Ā¹(sin37.4°/1.531) = sinā»Ā¹(0.6074/1.531) = sinā»Ā¹(0.3967) = 23.37°
So the difference in angle of refraction between the red and blue light is rā - rā = 23.55° - 23.37° = 0.18° ā 0.2°