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This Shockwave simulation lets you explore what happens when light bends and reflects at a boundary between two different materials, like air and water. The associated physics concepts are Snell's Law and total internal reflection.

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Subjects Levels Resource Types
Optics
- Geometrical Optics
= Refractive Index
= Total Internal Reflection
- High School
- Lower Undergraduate
- Instructional Material
= Activity
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© 1996 The Physics Classroom
Keywords:
refraction, total internal reflection
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Metadata instance created September 16, 2010 by Raina Khatri
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September 16, 2010 by Ed Lee
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(American Association of Physics Teachers, College Park, 1996), WWW Document, (https://www.physicsclassroom.com/shwave/refraction.cfm).
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The Physics Classroom: Refraction of Light (American Association of Physics Teachers, College Park, 1996), <https://www.physicsclassroom.com/shwave/refraction.cfm>.
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The Physics Classroom: Refraction of Light. (2010, September 1). Retrieved March 28, 2024, from American Association of Physics Teachers: https://www.physicsclassroom.com/shwave/refraction.cfm
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American Association of Physics Teachers. The Physics Classroom: Refraction of Light. College Park: American Association of Physics Teachers, September 1, 2010. https://www.physicsclassroom.com/shwave/refraction.cfm (accessed 28 March 2024).
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The Physics Classroom: Refraction of Light. College Park: American Association of Physics Teachers, 1996. 1 Sep. 2010. 28 Mar. 2024 <https://www.physicsclassroom.com/shwave/refraction.cfm>.
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The Physics Classroom: Refraction of Light:

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