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Observe the refraction and lateral displacement of light rays incident obliquely on aglass slab

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To observe refraction and lateral; deviation of a beam of light incident obliquely on a glass slab.

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- Hint- Here we will proceed by bending the ray of incident towards normal since refraction takes place from rarer to denser medium. Then we will bend away the refracted ray from the normal since refraction takes place from dense to rarer medium to get the required answer.

Complete step-by-step solution -

What do we require- Glass slab, drawing board, white paper sheet, drawing pins, office pins, protractor.

Procedure-

Fix a white paper sheet by drawing pins on a drawing board.

Take a glass slab and put it symmetrically in the middle of the paper as ABCD marked. Draw a normal at point Q on AB and draw a line PQ making an angle i with normal. PQ will represent incident rays.

Fix two points 1 and 2 on line PQ at distances 1cm. Also fix points 3 and 4 to cover the images of the first two pins all on a straight line. Draw straight line RS through points 3 and 4 to represent emergent ray.

Join QR to represent refracted rays. Draw normal at point R on face DC and measure angle e.

It comes to be equal to angle i. Produce PQ forward to cut DC at T. Draw TU perpendicular to RS. TU measures lateral displacement d.

Now take another set for different angles of incident and measure the lateral displacement.

Therefore, we conclude that-

Angle of incidence (i) = Angle of emergence (e)

The lateral displacement increases with the increase in the thickness of the slab.

The lateral displacement increases with the angle of incidence (i).

Answer 2

When a ray of light is the lateral on the glass slab, then it bends towards the normal since refraction takes place from rarer to the denser medium.

Explanation:

• When the perpendicular or normal distance between the original path is traced by an incident ray and the path is traced by the emergent ray coming out of the glass slab is popularly known as lateral displacement.
• The incident ray enters the glass slab by the mentioned angle.
• The highest range in lateral displacement as per in the increase in the thickness of the glass slab.
• When light falls perpendicular to the surface of a glass slab, it goes straight.