Refraction of Light through a Glass Block. When a ray of light enters a glass block at an angle other than the normal, it changes speed, wavelength and direction as shown below. This also happens in a Lens. Emergent Ray Air Air Normal Incident Ray In going from a less dense medium (air) to a more dense medium (glass), light bends towards the normal. This means that i>r (the angle i is greater than the angle r). In going from a more dense to a less dense medium (glass to air), light bends away from the normal. How much the light bends depends on its colour. The change in angle of the light ray is the same when it enters and leaves the glass. If the incident ray had continued without changing direction, then the emergent ray would be parallel to it.PHI GNM Dfctions B cet &) © An optical device consists of two glass blocks of different indices of refraction, arranged as shown in Figure 3. The refractive index from air to Medium 1 is 1.2. The refractive index from Medium 1 to Medium 2 is 1.25. Figure 3 (@ __Iflightisincident at 60° on the block with the smaller refractive index, determine the angles 0, @,, 05, 8, and 5, Gi) Whatis the velocity of light in Medium 17 © =3x 10'ms? (12 marks) Figure 1 Figure 1 shows a thick-bottomed, glass aquarium containing water. A beam of light from a submerged source, S, is incident on the base at point X. The angle of incidence at X is 58°. If the refractive index for light going from water to glass is 1.13, calculate the @ angle of refraction in the glass. ) eritical angle for light striking the glass to air boundary. (Refractive index for air to glass = 1.50.) (6 marks) Use the angles you have calculated to draw a diagram showing the path of the refracted beam after it leaves X. Partial reflection also occurs at X. Draw the reflected ray on your diagram. (6 marks)