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To Determine The Angle of A Prism 000000
To Determine The Angle of A Prism 000000
THEORY: The principle employed to measure the angle A of the prism is that
when a beam of parallel light falls on the edge of the prism, light is reflected face
of the prism and the angle between these two refelted rays is twice that angle of the
prism. Let PQ be parallel rays felling on the two different faces of thr prism
(Fig5.31). Let QR and Q ‘R’be the corresponding reflected rays and when
produced back ward let them meet at the point D. Let S and S`be point on the
continuation of
PQ and P ‘Q’. Now AD and PS are parallel lines and since RD meets them
Hence
where A is the and D is the
Procedure: (i) Make all the necessary adjustment of the spectrometer (levelling of
the telescope, collimator and the prism table, alignment of the source and scren,
focussing of the cross-wires, adjustment of the slit and focussing for parallel rays)
in the manner described in (ii) Determine the constants of
Now place the prism on the prism table so that its edge coinci- des with the centre
of the table. The prism is placed in such a way that the vertical to albos plane
through the axis of the collimator will cut the base BC nearly normally (Fig.5.32).
(iii) Parallel rays from the collimator now fall
on both the faces AB and AC of the prism and after reflection, form image which
can be seen by looking towards those faces. With the unaided eye, find the image
formed by reflection from the face AB of the prism. Take the telescope to the
position of the eye to receive the image.
(iv) Now move the telescope slowly by the tangent screw until the centre of the
cross-wires coincides with the image of the slit. The reading of both the verniers
are noted and this is repeated for three independent settings of the telescope.
Determine the mean value of these three readings corresponding to each vernier.
(v) Next the image formed by the reflection of rays at the other face AC is
received first by the unaided eye and then by the telescope. Repeat the entire
operation described in (iv) and take the mean value of the three readings
corresponding to each vernier.
(vi) Determine, separately for each of the two verniers, the difference between
the two mean readings for the two positions of the telescope. Take the mean of
these two differences. Half of this is the angle A of the prism.2010 Srid Results:
(A) Vernier constant of the prsim table vernier No.I.
V.C = `