Aim

To find out
the
refractive
indices of
different
liquids using
ahollow
prism
Apparatu
s
Required
Hollow
glass prism

Various
liquids like
water,
carbon
disulphide,
benzaldehyd
eetc.
Bell pins

Drawing
board
Theory
A prism is
atransparent
optical
elementwith
flat, polishe
dsurfaces
thatrefract
light.Prisms
can bemade
from
anymaterial
that
istransparent
including
glass, plastic
and fluorite.
A prism can
beused to
break light
up into its
constituent
spectral
colors.
Prismscan
also be used
to reflect
light, or to
split light
into
components
with
different
polarization
s.The
refractive
index of the
liquidIs
given by the
formula:U=s
ini/sinr=sin(
(a+d)/2)/sin(
a/2)Where,
U=refractive
index of the
liquid.a= the
angle of
minimum
deviationd=
angle of
prismi=angl
e of
incidencer=
angle of
refraction