When light enters a piece of glass from air with an angle of θ with respect to the normal to the boundary surface?

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Mandi

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11 December, 20:27

When light enters a piece of glass from air with an angle of θ with respect to the normal to the boundary surface?

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Eileen Brock · Answer 1

I think the light bends with an angle smaller than θ with respect to the normal to the boundary surface. this is because glass has a higher index of refraction than air, therefore; the refracted ray will bend towards the normal in the glass.

When light enters a material with higher refractive index, the angle of refraction will be smaller than the angle of incidence and the light will be refracted towards the normal of the surface.