Physics, asked by sriraggers, 2 months ago

Why is refractive index an unitless quantity

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Answered by rohitthakur62790

,Refractive Index is defined as the relative speed at which light moves through a material with respect to its speed in vacuum. As both the values belong to same quantity (speed), units gets nullified. So Refractive Index is dimensionless quantity.

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