asit

it is tthe Or
ellow colour,
Ye mean colour a material in lens and
nd
of visible
refractive index for
Ans.

be
hat may
1 0W
. ha

spectrum.
hollow glass
Ans. n=1. slab?

refractive index of a
EXPERIMENT 7
Tofind the
AIM: liquid by usingng comvex lens and
PPARATUS
plane mirror.

conyex lens, plane mirror, dlean

a

Lik knittingneedle passed transparent liquid in a beaker,

through a rubber cork), an iron an
optical needle,
mb line, plane glass slab, stand with ba[e and clamp arrangement,
a
spherometer, half metre scale etc.
THEORY

Iff, and f, be the focal length of glass convex lens and

heir combination then,
liquid lens and F be the focal length of

or
f2 Ff
Liquid lens formed is a plano-concave lens with R, =
R (radius of curvature of convex lens surface),
L
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From lens maker's
Physics
formula,

We have, 1n-1)
RR or
n1 f
Putting value of f, n can be calculatea.
DIAGRAM
Optical
needle
Clamp

Stand

Glass
convex lens

Liquid
lens

Plane mirror
Fig. Focal length of glass convex lens and liquid lens
combination.
PROCEDURE
(a) For focal length of convex lens
1. Take any one convex lens and find its
rough focal length.
2. Take a plane îhirror and place it on the
horizontal base of the iron stand.
3. Place the convex lens on the plane mirror.
4. Screw tight the optical needle in the th

lens at distance equal to its

clamp of the stand and hold it horizontally abo
bovethe

rough
focal length.
5. Bring the tip of the needle at the vertical
appears touching the of its
principal axis of the lens, so that tip or ttheneede

tip image.
5. Move the needle up and down and and"
remove parallax between tips of the neea
image.
7. Measure distance between tip and upper uneand
h/
surface of the lens by using a
metre scale. plumd
8. Also measure distance between tip and the surface of its plane mirror.
fractive
Index of .
Material, Glass Slab and
focal length of the Transparent Liquid
For
Take a few drops of combination 177

ace transparent
9.
i twith its
above as liquid
before (A
on the plane
mirror and convex lens).
plano concavemirro
rror and
liqui
put the
quid lens is
convex lens over
10, Repeat steps 6, 7 and 8, formed between plane
11. Record your observations
11 as
given
radius of curvat of convex below.
(c) F o r lens surface
BSERVATIONS

h focal length of convex lens m.

=
..

Table for stanceof needie

tip from lens and mirror
A r r a n g e m e n t

Distance of needle tip

Pocal length
From lens surface From plane
x, (cm) mirror
Meanx=I**2
2 (cm)
x, (cm) (cm)
(1) (2a) (2b) (2c) (3)
Without liquid

With liquid FE..

Radius of curvature
R=...... Cm.

CALCULATIONS

R
n 1+

PRECAUTIONS
transparent.
.The liquid taken should be its layer is
not thick.
so that
should be taken
Only few drops
liquid of to
removed tip tip.
should be
parallax
he
SOURCES OF ERROR
transparent.
1.
Liquid may not be quite
removed.

2 parallax may not be fully