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Grade 12th passWave Optics

when the total internal reflection occur .pl give discription

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7 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Vallakatla Aditya
ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer7 Years ago
When a ray pass through a denser medium to rarer medium the TIR can occur.
It is also is when the incident angle is greater than sin-1(1/n)  here n= refractive index
 
Profile image of Khimraj
7 Years ago
Total internal reflection, in physics, completereflection of a ray of light within a medium such as water or glass from the surrounding surfaces back into the medium. The phenomenon occurs if the angle of incidence is greater than a certain limiting angle, called the critical angle.