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Critical Angle: Refraction
Critical Angle: Refraction
Reflection is when light bounces off an object. If the surface is smooth and
shiny, like glass, water or polished metal, the light will reflect at the same
angle as it hit the surface. This is called specular reflection. ... Most of the
things we see are because light from a source has reflected off it.
1. critical angle
2. the angle of incidence beyond which rays of light passing through a denser medium
to the surface of a less dense medium are no longer refracted but totally reflected.
Snell's law states that the ratio of the sines of the angles of incidence and refraction is
equivalent to the ratio of phase velocities in the two media, or equivalent to the reciprocal of
the ratio of the indices of refraction: