ANALYSIS/INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS

The first part of the experiment is divided into two subparts: for part A, it is all about

the Index of Refraction of Glass when light goes from glass into air and for part B, when light

is from air to glass Our professor gave us acceptable value or range for this experiment and it

is from 1.49-1.55 cm In this activity, the outcomes illustrate that line GH between the light

bends from air to glass and vice versa are quite different from each other, but it shows that

the angle of incidence among these parts are nearly close with each other On the other hand,

dissimilarity on the lines FL on parts A and B can also be observed on our data and Based on

the results, the light bends from glass to air is larger than the other in part B From Snells

law, I got 1.50 and 1.53 respectively. It shows that my experiment was a successful one

because the values I got was in between the acceptable range. For part C, as you can see on

the table, the critical angle differs when different modes are used. The accepted value of

critical angle of glass is 41.14 and we get an experimental value of 42.81 giving us a

percent error of 4.05%.

The index of refraction in parts A and B does not exhibit transformation even

after doing it in 2 methods: when light goes from glass into air and when light goes

from air to glass. Also, the angle of refraction is near the normal line if the condition

was from air to glass Moreover, critical angle can be achieved when the first medium

has greater index of refraction than the second medium Based from the drawing in

part C, it is shown that as the length of the line MU increases, the critical angle also

increases.
 CONCLUSION

Snells Law states that the relationship of the sine of the angle of incidence to the sine

of the angle of refraction is constant that is known as the relative index of refraction of the

second medium to the first medium Also, in this experiment, it also proves that the ratio of

from where light travels which is the index of refraction of medium to the second medium is

equivalent to the ratio of sine of angle of refraction and the sine of angle of incidence The

rate of the index of refraction must be always greater than because the speed of light in

vacuum is faster compared to when passing to other media.

At the end of the research, weve found out that light, when refracted, bends because

its velocity decreases at medium of higher density. And also, the lights refraction affects the

apparent adjustment in objects position that is seen by our eyes The result also verifies that

the angle of incidence is of higher value less dense medium of light waves travels into a

denser medium Another conclusion is that from a denser medium to a less dense medium of

bending of light, the angle of refraction is larger as related to when light bends from a less

dense into a denser medium Nevertheless, the angle of incidence remains the same even at

different medium because this angle is when the light enters a certain medium.

I highly recommend that you should be a keen observer and should have focus

especially on parts A and B of this experiment because it is very difficult to place the three

pins on the paper and make it lie only on a straight line with the first two pins since this

would be subject to on our eyesight. Also, proper measurements must be taken into account

in this activity.