Physics, asked by pranith9, 1 year ago

what is the physical significance of refractive index

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Answered by Madhuratramajya

its a relation between the speed of light in 2 perticular mediums. Like diamond has a index of 2.42 it means the speed of light is 2.42 times slower than in air

its calculated by: speed of light in air/speed of light in that medium

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