20200518_PSCI_1422_Lab 4_Reflection_Refraction and Total Internal Reflection_Lab_Pokhrel Handout(2)

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Physics LAB 4: Ray Tracing, Laws of refraction and Snell’s Law using a Virtual Setup: Virtual Lab Group 1 Name: Sahiry Alanis, Karla Duran, Eduardo Chavez, Jocelyn-Ambriz Hernandez Introduction: Background on Normal, Incident angle, reflected and Refracted ray : When light strikes an interface, some of the light bounces off the surface, and some will enter the glass. The light that bounces off the surface is said to have been “reflected”, or to have undergone reflection. The light that enters the glass is said to have been “refracted”, or to have undergone refraction. When we examine the properties of transparent medium like glass, it is important to first realize that glass work on the principle of reflection/refraction and that lenses (and prisms) work on the principle of refraction. Where mirror works on the principle of reflection only. Lenses and mirrors are often used to magnify or reduce images. To do this the light will be either focused to a real focal point (like in a concave mirror or a converging lens) or spread away from a virtual focal point (like in a convex mirror or a diverging lens). At first, we will be working on to verify the laws of reflection. Figure: Reflection and refraction of light at the interface of air and glass Activity 1 : Go to this is the link : https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/bending-light When the site opens, scroll down until you see a light blue circle with PHYICS inside. Click this circle. Then select Light & Radiation. Next, find the App called “Bending of Light.” Finally, click on the app (you may click on the Play button or the Red 5) You will start the lab using the Intro section. Preliminary Investigation [turn over]
1. Turn the laser on by clicking the red button. You will see light getting reflected and refracted, but you will be focusing only on reflected ray for this part of the experiment. Now move the laser pointer left and right to change the angle of incidence as shown in figure and verify the laws of reflection. Incident Angle (Degrees)= Reflected Angles (Degrees) 15 20 30 45 45 75 60 85 2. What are some observations you make on angle of reflection when you change the angle of incidence? Describe them, ( answer, explain, evidence). the angle of incidence is changing on the measurement, the angle of reflection is moving towards the angle of incidence when moved to 90 degrees, but as the angle is moved away and to the centred of 0, the reflections go back to zero 3. What are the laws of reflections? Do you think, laws of reflection hold in your experiment? if it holds describe, ( answer, explain, evidence). The laws of Reflection are the rays of light that shows on a smooth surface. An example would be the angle of reflection which refers to the angle of incidence. Diffuse reflection is also shown, it helps reflect light in all areas of instead of just focusing on just one area. The law of reflection is shown in the experiment, due to us using the angle of incidence to capture the angle of reflection using the laser beam Activity 2 : Go to this is the link : https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/bending-light When the site opens, scroll down until you see a light blue circle with PHYICS inside. Click this circle. Then select Light & Radiation. Next, find the App called “Bending of Light.” Finally, click on the app (you may click on the Play button or the Red 5) You will start the lab using the Intro section. Preliminary Investigation 4. Turn the laser on by clicking the red button. You will see light getting reflected and refracted. Now move the laser pointer left and right by clicking and holding on the silver part and moving it. What are some observations you make? Describe them, ( answer, explain, evidence). when the laser is moved to the left the angle reflection increases which makes the reflected ray be far away from the normal line and the angle of refraction increases as well which makes the refracted ray be far from the normal line as well. JDC – Created 05/02/2019 – Printed 20/02/2024
5. Now, leaving the pointer at about 45° change the material the pointer is in. It is currently in Air. Click the tab and try several other materials. What are some of your observations? ( answer, explain, evidence). When different materials are tried for the upper medium it is observed that the different trials produce the same reflection but different refraction of the laser. When the water is tried nothing happens glass the light bends more away from the normal line when mister A is tried there is a reflection but no refraction. When mystery B is tried there is no reflection or refraction. 6. Put the initial material back to Air. Now click on water in the lower material. Change it to several other materials and made record your observations. Is there are way to make the light, go straight from AIR into the lower material, ( answer, explain, evidence). PART I 1. For this part of the lab you will stay in the intro section. 2. Keep the starting material AIR, and the lower material WATER. 3. Drag the yellow protractor onto the experimental area. Move it so the AIR/WATER barrier line is just on 90°. The dotted Normal line must be at 0°. 4. Now you will change the incident angle to the angles listed on the table below. Use the protractor to set the Incident angle and find the Refracted angle. Incident Angle (Degrees)= Refracted Angles (Degrees) 0 0 15 11 30 22 JDC – Created 05/02/2019 – Printed 20/02/2024
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