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CBSE Class 12 Physics 2023 Outside Delhi Set 2 Paper

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Question : 12 of 13
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A ray of light is incident on a glass prism of refractive index ยต and refracting angle A. If it just suffers total internal reflection at the other face, obtain a relation between the angle of incidence, angle of prism and critical angle.
ABC is the prism.
A ray is incident on face AB .
Angle of incidence =i
It is refracted at an angle r and incident on AC face.
There is just suffers total internal reflection means, the angle of incidence is critical angle (ฮธC) and the angle of emergence is 90โˆ˜ .

โˆ APQ=90โˆ˜โˆ’r
โˆ AQP=90โˆ˜โˆ’ฮธC
So, in โ–ณAPQ,
90โˆ˜โˆ’r+90โˆ˜โˆ’ฮธC+A=180โˆ˜
โˆดr=Aโˆ’ฮธC
Applying Snell's law at point P,
1ร—sini=ยตร—sinr [considered the surrounding medium is air and its refractive index is 1]
Or, sini=ยตsin(Aโˆ’ฮธC)
Or, sini=1sinฮธcร—sin(Aโˆ’ฮธc)
โˆดi=sinโˆ’1[sin(Aโˆ’ฮธc)sinฮธc]
This is the required relation.
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