Exam 22: Reflection and Refraction of Light

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A container of flint glass (n = 1.57)holds a small quantity of benzene (n = 1.501).What is the critical angle for internal reflection of a ray in the glass when it is incident on the glass-to-liquid surface?

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A ray of light travels from a glass-to-liquid interface at an angle of 56°.Indices of refraction for the glass and liquid are,respectively,1.61 and 1.89.What is the angle of refraction for the ray moving through the liquid?

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According to present theories of light,in some experiments light seems to be:

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Helium-neon laser light has a wavelength in air of 632.8 nm.What is the energy of a single photon in the beam? (h = 6.626 × 10−34 J⋅s and c = 3.00 × 108 m/s).

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An oil film floats on a water surface.The indices of refraction for water and oil,respectively,are 1.333 and 1.466.If a ray of light is incident on the air-to-oil surface at an angle of 25.4° with the normal,what is the incident angle at the oil-to-water surface?

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Dez pours carbon tetrachloride (n = 1.46)into a container made of crown glass (n = 1.52).The light ray in glass incident on the glass-to-liquid boundary makes an angle of 13.0° with the normal.Find the angle of the corresponding refracted ray.

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Two mirrors are joined together along a common side,the planes of the mirrors separated by the angle θ.If the joined mirrors can be used as a retroreflector when a beam of light strikes both surfaces (one after the other),what is the value of θ?

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Who formulated the theory explaining the photoelectric effect?

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Three materials with n1 < n2 < n3 are arranged in layers of uniform thickness.A light ray in air enters the first layer at an angle of incidence of 30° and the ray eventually exits the third layer at the refracted angle θ in air.What is the value of θ?

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A ray of white light,incident upon a glass prism,is dispersed into its various color components.Which one of the following colors experiences the greatest angle of deviation?

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A beam of light in air is incident at an angle of 15° to the surface of a rectangular block of clear plastic (n = 1.46).The light beam first passes through the block and re-emerges from the opposite side into air at what angle to the normal to that surface?

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The lowest possible value for the index of refraction is:

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When white light disperses as it passes through a prism,which of the following colors moves at the lowest speed in the prism?

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A light ray in air is incident on an air-to-glass boundary at an angle of 31.0° and is refracted in the glass at an angle of 25.0° with the normal.Find the index of refraction of the glass.

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What is the energy of a photon of frequency 3.80 × 1014 Hz? (h = 6.626 × 10−34 J⋅s)

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A ray of light is incident on a liquid-to-glass interface at an angle of 38.1°.Indices of refraction for the liquid and glass are,respectively,1.87 and 1.60.What is the angle of refraction for the ray moving through the glass?

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Which of the following describes what will happen to a light ray incident on an air-to-glass boundary?

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Fiber optics has to do with:

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What is the angle of incidence on an air-to-glass boundary if the angle of refraction in the glass (n = 1.52)is 17°?

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When light reflects and produces a clear image,this reflection is referred to as:

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