What do you mean by refraction of light? In which direction will light bend when traveling from an optically rarer medium to denser medium, explain with the help of diagram
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The bending of light as it passes from one transparent medium to another is called refraction. It occurs because. light travels at lower speed in an optically denser medium. Light bends towards the normal at the point of incidence as it passes from an optically rarer to an optically denser medium.
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What do you mean by refraction of light?
Refraction is the bending of light (it also happens with sound, water and other waves) as it passes from one transparent substance into another. This bending by refraction makes it possible for us to have lenses, magnifying glasses, prisms and rainbows..
In which direction will light bend when traveling from an optically rarer medium to denser medium
Light would bend towards the normal when it is travelling from a rarer medium to denser medium and it bends away from the normal when it travels from a denser medium to a rarer medium. This phenomenon of bending of light when it travels from optically denser to rarer medium and vice versa is known as refraction.