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Grade 1110 grade science

what is critical angle

Profile image of ravi kant
12 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Khandavalli Satya Srikanth
12 Years ago

Angle of incidence for which angle of reflection is 90

Profile image of Mukesh Sharma
12 Years ago
the angle of incidence beyond which rays of light passing through a denser medium to the surface of a less dense medium are no longer refracted but totally reflected. is called critical angle
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Profile image of Shivam Chopra
12 Years ago
Critical angle is that at which incident ray in a denser medium is refracted perpendicularly to surface to less dense medium.Beyond that angle,TIR phenomenon takes place
Profile image of Indu
12 Years ago
the angle of incidence for which the angle for which the angle of reflection is 90 degree is called as critical angle.