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IAS - Physics - SB1 - Mark Schemes - 3C
IAS - Physics - SB1 - Mark Schemes - 3C
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4(a) The light becomes horizontally plane polarised (1)
4(b) Polaroid sunglasses only allow light polarised in one direction to travel (2)
through.(1)
The polarisation of the filters in the sunglasses is at right angles to the
polarisation of the light, so the filters do not allow the light waves to pass
through. (2)
4(c) She needs to align the polarisation of the filters with the polarisation of the (1)
light from the obstruction which is vertically plane polarised..
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