refractive index

in physics •  8 years ago 

For a fixed couple of medium and for light rays of fixed color incident obliquely, the ratio of sine of the angle of incidence to the sine of angle of refraction is a constant. This constant is known as refractive index of second medium with respect to first medium.

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