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Experimental Details: Point A and Is Refracted To Point C. If Tank Is Empty, The Same Ray Strikes Point B
Experimental Details: Point A and Is Refracted To Point C. If Tank Is Empty, The Same Ray Strikes Point B
478 THE PHYSICS TEACHER Vol. 38, Nov. 2000 Using the Small-Angle Approximation to Measure the Index of Refraction of Water
Fig. 2. Measured data points for ratio h/h are plotted against angle of
incidence. The solid curve represents calculated values (tan i /tan r) for nr =
1.33.