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written by Tom Henderson
This item is a chapter in a beginning physics tutorial.  It explores the conceptual and mathematical principles governing the bending of waves as they cross the boundary between two media.  The ray nature of light is used to explain the behavior of light as it refracts, or bends, at planar and curved surfaces.  Refraction principles are combined with ray diagrams to explain how lenses produce images.

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© 1996 The Physics Classroom
Keywords:
Snell's Law, eye, geometrical optics, human eye, lenses, optics, prisms, ray diagrams, refraction
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Metadata instance created December 12, 2006 by Caroline Hall
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T. Henderson, (1996), WWW Document, (https://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/refrn).
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T. Henderson, The Physics Classroom: Refraction and the Ray Model of Light (1996), <https://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/refrn>.
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Henderson, T. (2004, December 20). The Physics Classroom: Refraction and the Ray Model of Light. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/refrn
Chicago Format
Henderson, Tom. The Physics Classroom: Refraction and the Ray Model of Light. December 20, 2004. https://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/refrn (accessed 29 March 2024).
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Henderson, Tom. The Physics Classroom: Refraction and the Ray Model of Light. 1996. 20 Dec. 2004. 29 Mar. 2024 <https://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/refrn>.
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