Practice - Critical Angle
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Practice Questions
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Define the critical angle in your own words.
💡 Hint: Think about where light cannot escape.
What happens when light hits the critical angle?
💡 Hint: Consider the behavior of light at boundaries.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the critical angle?
💡 Hint: Consider the reflection behavior of light.
True or False: Total internal reflection occurs when light travels from a more dense to a less dense medium.
💡 Hint: Remember the definitions of terms.
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Challenge Problems
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If the index of refraction for diamond is 2.42 and for air is 1.00, what is the critical angle when light travels from diamond to air?
💡 Hint: Use the refractive indices in the sin-1 function.
Discuss how the principle of critical angle can impact the design of optical fibers in telecommunications.
💡 Hint: Think about how light behaves inside different materials.
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