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Physics Project
Physics Project
APPARATUS
Drawing board
White sheets of paper
Hollow prism
Different liquids (water, glycerin, spirits
etc.)
Drawing pins
Pencil
Half metre scale
Thumb pins
Graph papers
A protractor
THEORY
Refraction of Light Through a Prism
Diagram shows section of ABC of a prism taken by a
vertical plane, perpendicular to the edge. BC is the base of
the prism and AB and AC are its two refracting surfaces.
...(1)
...
...(3)
( n=
sin i
sin e
=
)
sin r 1 sin r 2
A = r1 + r2 = r + r = 2r or
A+D=i+e
A + Dm
2
A
sin
2
sin
We have
n=
r = A/2
PROCEDURE
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OBSERVATIONS
Angle of
incidence
i
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
35
40
45
50
55
Angle of
deviation
D for
water
25
24
23
25
26
Angle of Angle of
deviation deviatio
for spirits
n for
glycerin
29
39
26
38
25
35
27
40
28
41
CALCULATIONS
sin (
n=
C
n
sin (
n=
sin 41.5
sin 30
0.6626
0.5
= 1.3252
For spirit:
60+25
)
2
60
sin
2
sin (
n=
sin 42.5
sin 30
0.6756
0.5
= 1.3512
For glycerin:
60+35
)
2
60
sin
2
sin (
n=
sin 47.5
sin 30
0.7372
0.5
= 1.4744
RESULTS
PRECAUTIONS
SOURCES OF ERRORS