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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˜ .

โ€Œโˆ APQ=90โˆ˜โˆ’r
โ€Œโˆ AQP=90โˆ˜โˆ’ฮธC
So, in โ–ณAPQ,
โ€Œ90โˆ˜โˆ’r+90โˆ˜โˆ’ฮธC+A=180โˆ˜
โˆดโ€Œrโ€Œ=Aโˆ’ฮธC
Applying Snell's law at point P,
1ร—sinโ€Œi=ยตร—sinโ€Œr [considered the surrounding medium is air and its refractive index is 1]
โ€Œ Or, โ€Œโ€Œsinโ€Œi=ยตsinโ€Œ(Aโˆ’ฮธC)
โ€Œ Or, โ€Œโ€Œsinโ€Œi=โ€Œ
1
sinโ€Œฮธc
ร—sin
โ€Œ(Aโˆ’ฮธc)

โˆดโ€Œiโ€Œ=sinโ€Œโˆ’1[โ€Œ
sinโ€Œ(Aโˆ’ฮธc)
sinโ€Œฮธc
]

This is the required relation.
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