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refraction, critical angle and total internal reflection⤴

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We met refraction during the National 5 course.  At Higher level, we are interested in the relationship between the angles of incidence (θi) and refraction (θr).   Snell’s law tells us that Usually material 1 is air, and so .  This simplifies Snell’s law to where n is the absolute refractive index of material 2.  Since … Read more