In this experiment, the directions were to see if we were given an incoming angle, if we could prove the refracted angle through a change in medium. The two mediums were air and water. Water is a slower medium then air which meant the angle was bent towards from the normal. In order to prove this, I took a small dish and filled it with water and set the edge the dish where the angle of incidence you enter on the boundary. I then took a laser pointer and shot a beam at the dish of water. I marked the angle of incidence by seeing where the beam was hitting the dish and traced it back the laser pointer. Likewise, to measure the angle of refraction, I marked where the beam was visible on the dish, opposite of where the laser was and traced it back to the boundary. I repeated this process of shooting the laser and marking it at about a dozen different incoming angles. In all cases, the angles were bent towards the normal line.
In this experiment, the directions were to see if we were given
an incoming angle, if we could prove the refracted angle through a
change in medium. The two mediums were air and water. Water is a
slower medium then air which meant the angle was bent towards from
the normal. In order to prove this, I took a small dish and filled
it with water and set the edge the dish where the angle of
incidence you enter on the boundary. I then took a laser pointer
and shot a beam at the dish of water. I marked the angle of
incidence by seeing where the beam was hitting the dish and traced
it back the laser pointer. Likewise, to measure the angle of
refraction, I marked where the beam was visible on the dish,
opposite of where the laser was and traced it back to the
boundary.I repeated this process of shooting the laser and marking
it at about a dozen different incoming angles. In all cases, the
angles were bent towards the normal line.
