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Brewster's angle and the intensity of reflected light
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[QUOTE=".Scott, post: 6341411, member: 489053"] The "all the incident light which has its electric field parallel to the plane of incidence gets refracted" is correct. The "and the rest of light whose electric field is perpendicular to the plane of incidence gets reflected" is not correct. Some of the light with an electric field perpendicular to the plane of incidence will also be refracted. In the example you gave: The 70% that is parallel will be fully refracted. The 30% that is perpendicular will be split - with most of it being reflected. [/QUOTE]
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