Lab Question for Advance Refraction/Reflection

  • Thread starter Thread starter Otaku Love
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Lab
AI Thread Summary
The discussion centers on understanding the significance of the two primary rays in the context of reflection and refraction. Primary rays typically refer to light rays that travel directly from a source without being reflected or refracted. The lab involved testing concave and convex mirrors and lenses to observe how object distance from the focal point affects image formation. The key question is how these primary rays relate to the general rules governing reflection and refraction. Clarifying this relationship is essential for grasping the underlying principles of optics.
Otaku Love
Messages
3
Reaction score
0

Homework Statement



Explain the significance of the two primary rays and what that means for the general rules for reflection(refraction)

Homework Equations



No equation for it.

The Attempt at a Solution


No attempt, still trying to figure out what primary rays(My guess is ultraviolet rays)
 
Physics news on Phys.org
Otaku Love said:

Homework Statement



Explain the significance of the two primary rays and what that means for the general rules for reflection(refraction)

Homework Equations



No equation for it.

The Attempt at a Solution


No attempt, still trying to figure out what primary rays(My guess is ultraviolet rays)
You will have to give us the entire problem. Primary ray usually refers to an unreflected or unrefracted ray - the light ray that comes directly from the source.

AM
 
Thats the entire problem for it. We did a lab for concave and convex mirror and lens to find out if an object distance from a focal point changes the image. We had to write an abstract about it and one of the question he wanted to know is: Explain the significance of the two primary rays and what that means for the general rules for reflection(refraction).
 
Thread 'Struggling to make relation between elastic force and height'

Thread 'Struggling to make relation between elastic force and height'

Hello guys this is what I tried so far. I used the UTS to calculate the force it needs when the rope tears. My idea was to make a relationship/ function that would give me the force depending on height. Yeah i couldnt find a way to solve it. I also thought about how I could use hooks law (how it was given to me in my script) with the thought of instead of having two part of a rope id have one singular rope from the middle to the top where I could find the difference in height. But the...
View full post »
Thread 'Voltmeter readings for this circuit with switches'

Thread 'Voltmeter readings for this circuit with switches'

TL;DR Summary: I would like to know the voltmeter readings on the two resistors separately in the picture in the following cases , When one of the keys is closed When both of them are opened (Knowing that the battery has negligible internal resistance) My thoughts for the first case , one of them must be 12 volt while the other is 0 The second case we'll I think both voltmeter readings should be 12 volt since they are both parallel to the battery and they involve the key within what the...
View full post »

Similar threads

Optics: refraction and reflection
Replies
1
Views
2K
Refraction of light when traveling from air to glass
Replies
6
Views
1K
Multiple reflections in a mirror system
Replies
5
Views
101
The refractive index of an unknown liquid
Replies
1
Views
3K
The maximum intensity for light transmitted through a thin film
Replies
2
Views
3K
What Condition Ensures Refracted and Incident Rays Have the Same Direction?
Replies
4
Views
1K
Reflection dependence from wavelenght
Replies
4
Views
1K
Refraction: object disappearing in liquid
Replies
15
Views
3K
Solve Snell's Law: Glass Cube Refractive Index = 1.77
Replies
8
Views
5K
Possible Wavelength Difference Between Two Rays Passing Through a Prism?
Replies
22
Views
3K

Hot Threads

Recent Insights

Back
Top