
You have been provided with a rectangular glass prism, optical pins, and other necessary apparatus. Using the above diagram as a guide, carry out the following instructions:
- Fix the drawing paper provided to the drawing board
- Place the glass prism on the drawing paper and trace the outline, ABCD of the prism
- Remove the prism, mark a point O on AB such that AO is about one-quarter of AB
- Draw a normal through point O. Also draw an incident ray to make an angle i = 25 with the normal at O. Fix two pins at P\(_{1}\) and P\(_{2}\) On the incident ray.
- Replace the prism. Fix two other pins at P\(_{3}\) and P\(_{4}\) such that the pins appear to be in a straight line with the images of the pins at P\(_{1}\) and P\(_{2}\) when viewed through the block along DC
- remove the prism. Join points Pa and P4 and produce it to meet DC at 1. Also, draw a line to join Ol (
- With O as center and using any Concinient radius, draw a circle to Cut the incident ray and the refracted ray at E and H respectively. Maintain this radius throughout the experiment
- Draw the perpendiculars EF and GH. Measure and record d= EF and I= GH.
- Repeat the procedure for four other values of i = 35°, 45, 55°, and 65° respectively. In each case measure and record d and I
- Plot a graph of d on the vertical axis against I on the horizontal axis
- Determine the slope of the graph
- State two precautions taken to ensure accurate results. [Attach your traces to your answer booklet)
(b)i. State Snell's law.
ii. Calculate the critical angle for a water-air interface. [refractive index of water = \(\frac{4}{3}\)]
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