Week 8 Experiment 2 Refraction (Lab)

Labs for College Physics: Mechanics Worksheet Lab 8.2-1

Refraction

As you work through the steps in the lab procedure, record your experimental values and the results

on this worksheet. Use the exact values you record for your data to make later calculations.

Data

Step 1

Record your data in the table using one decimal place. Please do not include units in your answers.

(Enter NONE in any unused answer blanks.)

Table 1

Top Bottom Angle of Angle of Angle of

(Yellow) Medium (Blue) Medium Incidence Reection Refraction

(X) (X) (X)

30.0X

45.0X

Air Water

60.0X

75.0X

30.0X

45.0X

Air Flint Glass F 3

60.0X

75.0X

Labs for College Physics: Mechanics Worksheet Lab 8.2-2

Step 2

Record your data in the table using one decimal place. Please do not include units in your answers.

(Enter NONE in any unused answer blanks.)

Table 2

Top Bottom Angle of Angle of Angle of

(Blue) Medium (Yellow) Medium Incidence Reection Refraction

(X) (X) (X)

25.0X

35.0X

Water Air

45.0X

55.0X

25.0X

35.0X

Flint Glass F 3 Water 45.0X

55.0X

65.0X

Questions

For light traveling from water and into air, what is the minimum angle for total internal reection?

(Enter your answer to one decimal place.)

Labs for College Physics: Mechanics Worksheet Lab 8.2-3

For light traveling from int glass and then into water, what is the minimum angle for total internal

reection? (Enter your answer to one decimal place.)