TOTAL INTERNAL

REFLECTION

LETS REVISE!!!
What

is Total Internal
Reflection??

the internal reflection of light at the

surface in a medium when the angle
of incidence in the denser medium
EXCEEDS a critical angle.

2 CONDITIONS FOR TOTAL INTERNAL

REFLECTION TO OCCUR:
1. Light

ray enters from a DENSER

medium towards a LESS DENSE
medium

2. the

ANGLE OF INCIDENCE in the

denser medium is GREATER than
THE CRITICAL ANGLE of the medium

APPLICATIONS OF TOTAL
INTERNAL REFLECTION
PRISM BINOCULAR
OPTICAL FIBRE

PRISM PERISCOPE

LETS CONSTRUCT!!!
PRISM PERISCOPE

1. You are given a

cardboard
According the plan given to you.
Construct the body of periscope

2.Set
upbox
the
Put the ray
at apparatus
one end and
observe the other end with your
eyes
WHAT CAN YOU SEE??

3. Place 2 right-angled
Put the prisms at the right place so
prisms

that you can see the light bulb from

the other end.

CAN YOU SEE THE

LIGHT BULB??

GROUP DISCUSSION
1.

What can you observe?

2. Draw the path of the
light ray from the light
bulb to the observers eye.
3. Explain the
phenomenon OCCUR..

TEST YOUR
UNDERSTANDING!!
Answer

the questions given to you.

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CONCLUSION
1.Periscope is constructed by arranging 2
right-angled triangle prisms which allows
total internal reflection to occur.
2.Total Internal Reflection will occur when
1. Light ray enters from a DENSER medium towards a
LESS DENSE medium
2. the ANGLE OF INCIDENCE in the denser medium is
GREATER than THE CRITICAL ANGLE of the medium