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Question: what are the causes of refraction ? State each of them .

Question: what are the causes of refraction ? State each of them .

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Rituraj Tiwari
askIITians Faculty 1792 Points
3 years ago
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Vikas Amritiya
askIITians Faculty 230 Points
3 years ago

Refraction is the phenomenon of bending of light at the boundary of two mediums.

Refraction is caused due to the change in speed of light when it enters from one medium to another.
e.g., 1. when light goes from air into water it bends towards the normal because there is a reduction in its speed
       2. when light goes from water to air it bends away from the normal because three is an increase in speed of light.   
Sowmiya
59 Points
2 years ago

The cause of the refraction of light is that light travels at different speeds in different media. This change in the speed of light when it moves from one medium to another causes it to bend.

Refraction is caused due to the change in speed of light when it enters from one medium to another.

  1. When the light goes from air into water, it bends towards the normal because there is a reduction in its speed.
  2. When the light goes from water to air, it bends away from the normal because three increases the speed of light.

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