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Index of Refraction and Snell’s Law

1. Light travels through a liquid at 2.25 x 108 m/s. What is the index of refraction of the liquid?

2. What is the index of refraction of a refractive medium if the angle of incidence in the air is 40 o and the angle
of refraction is 29o?

3. A ray of light traveling from air into crown glass (n = 1.523) strikes the surface at an angle of 30o. What will be
the angle of refraction be?

4. If the index of refraction for a certain glass is 1.50, and the angle of refraction is 15o for a ray of light traveling
from air, what is the angle of incidence?

5. Light travels at 1.754 x 108 m/s through an optical medium. What is the medium?

6. What is the velocity of light in diamond?