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Since water has a higher viscosity than air, light moves slower in water than in air. If light enters or leaves water at an angle, it bends according to a formula based on the difference in the viscosity of the two medium.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agowhen light hits a different martial it slows and change it direction like riding
bike from the road on to the sand
When light hits a different surface it will slow down or speed up causing it to change direction. when light travel into water the change of speed can cause it to change direction like riding a bike from the road onto the sand it slows down and you change deception.
Imagine it as when an object passes through a liquid and then through to a solid. Because the particles are so widely spread in a liquid the solid can easily move through them. But when the object tries to move through a solid, it will be basically impossible because the particles are so tightly packed and they cannot budge.
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∙ 13y agothe speed of light slows in water /\
This bending is known to be the phenomenon of refraction. It is due to the change in speed of the light wave as it traverses from one medium into another medium. The speed of light in air is more than that in the water medium. So obliquely incident ray of light would bend towards the normal when it passes from air into water. Same way as it traverses from water medium into air it bends away from the normal.
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∙ 13y agothis is because when light is passing into a different medium, it will travel at a different speed. As a result, it bends (refracts). in this case, from air to water.
The angles of refraction can be found using Snell's law
n of medium 1 (sin theta) = n of medium 2 (sin theta)
n of a medium is called the index of refraction, which you can find on the internet.
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∙ 13y agoThe bending of light is called refraction. Light bends when it moves from one medium to another because the speed of the light changes. If it goes from a more dense medium (water) to a less dense medium (air) then it speeds up. Imagine a car crossing, at an angle, from sand onto a smooth bitumen surface. As the first tyre, say the left front one,moves onto the smooth surface it speeds up before the right front tyre gets onto the smooth road.
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∙ 11y agolight rays bend as they pass from water to air due to refraction.
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∙ 8y agoThat's related to the fact that light moves at different speeds in different substances. For more details, do some reading on the topic of "refraction".
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∙ 14y agoThe speed of light slows in water.
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∙ 12y agoit changes speed.
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The speed of light slows in water.
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Why does the flower's stem appear larger under water?
This effect is due to the refraction of light from the stem when it passes from the water into air.
Where does refraction occur?
Refraction occurs because waves move at different speeds in different bodies. Because a wave hits the other medium at an angle, part of the wave changes speed earlier than the rest, turning the waves. this is most obvious with light waves in water, but it happens with all types of waves in any change of medium.
Does a tinted glass refract light?
If you get mirrored tint, it will relflect some of the light but most others filter out light like polarized glasses. The light coming in gets filtered as it hits a grid causing less light to get through.Refraction is bending of light. The window will reflect the light.
Are light rays refracted or bent as they pass from on substance to a different substance?
Yes, and that is called Refraction. This is because the speed of light can vary from medium to medium. The speed of light commonly known is the speed of light at a vacuum.Put a straw to a glass of water and look from above. You may see the straight straw bent at the surface of water, because the light rays that come from under the water are bent when passing the water/air barrier. Because light rays speeds up when entering air from water. This change of speed can change the angle it was travelling.Light is an electro magnetic wave. Electro magnetic waves have the wave particle duality, that it behaves as a energy wave as well as a particle stream. Therefore, em waves also has a mass.
Which term names the change in the pathway of light as it passes from air into the lens of a camera?
Refraction.
What happens when light is refracted through water from air?
The light will bend as it passes through.
What happen when the light passes from air into water?
Refracted. My bad typo.
How ligth is affected passing throug water?
When light passes from air to water, the light is refracted because water is denser than air and therefore slows down the speed of the light.
Wh yis light refracted when it passes from air to water?
The density of the medium through which the light is passing, changes - refracting the light.
How does the direction of a ray of light change as it passes from air into water?
When a ray of light travels it is in a wave and when it enters from air to water it becomes more dense and harder to move so the waves are refracted.
What happens to a beam of light as it passes from air to water?
When a ray of light passes from air to water, it slows down and the ray of light bends towards the normal to its plane of entry. This is called refraction, the ray of light is refracted. The refractive index of air is less than that of water.
Is a rainbow light energy?
It is light that has been refracted by the water vapour in the air.
Light traveling between air and water is?
refracted because of the change in density from air to water
Will light be refracted more when it goes from air to glass or from air to water?
Gets refracted more in case of glass than water as glass has higher refractive index with respect to air
Is light refracted more while passing from air to water or water to glass?
yes
When is light refracted?
light is refracted when it travels through air and then through glass
How is refraction related to light?
Refraction occurs when light passes from one medium to another. If you have your feet in a pool your legs looked bent because the light is being refracted as it moves from under the water through the air on its way to your eye.
