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APPARATUS REQUIRED:
Drawing board, white sheets of paper prism drawing
pins, pencil, half meter scale, thump pins, graph papers
and a protractor.
THEORY:
Refraction of Light through a Prism –
A = r1 + r2 …(4)
Eq. (1) becomes
D = i + e - A … (5)
Hence, at minimum
deviation, when r1 = r2 = r
(say).
We have A = r 1 + r2 =
r + r = 2r
A
r
=
2
Also, at minimum
deviation, D = Dm
e and i =
sin r
Sin A+Dm
A
We have 2 sin
n= 2
OBSERVATIONS:
Angle of hollow prism A = 60⁰
S.No. Angle Angle of Angle Angle of
of deviation of
deviation incidence for deviation
for
water for turpentine
kerosene oil
oil
1 40⁰ 23⁰ 36⁰ 32⁰
2 45⁰ 24⁰ 33⁰ 33⁰
3 50⁰ 25⁰ 34⁰ 34⁰
4 55⁰ 26⁰ 35⁰ 35⁰
RESULTS:
The angle of minimum deviation for –
Water Dm = 23⁰C
Water n = 1.32
Kerosene oil n = 1.46
Turpentine oil n = 1.44
PRECAUTIONS:
The angle of incidence should lie between
35⁰ – 60⁰.
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institute-of-technology-goa/mth/physics-project-
final/54326682
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prism-project.html
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dataid=B49c247&ResearchGate=Physics-
Investigatory-Project-On-Hollow-Prism-Class-
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DETERMINATION_OF_REFRACTIVE_INDICES_
OF_VARIOUS_LIQUIDS_USING_A_HOLLOW_PR
ISM
5.https://byjus.com/physics/to-determine-
minimum-deviation-for-given-prism-by-plotting-
graph-between-angle-of-incidence-and-angle-of-
deviation/