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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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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=10334">American Association of Physics Teachers. The Physics Classroom: Refraction of Light. College Park: American Association of Physics Teachers, September 1, 2010.</a>
AIP Format
(American Association of Physics Teachers, College Park, 1996), WWW Document, (https://www.physicsclassroom.com/shwave/refraction.cfm).
AJP/PRST-PER
The Physics Classroom: Refraction of Light (American Association of Physics Teachers, College Park, 1996), <https://www.physicsclassroom.com/shwave/refraction.cfm>.
APA Format
The Physics Classroom: Refraction of Light. (2010, September 1). Retrieved April 28, 2024, from American Association of Physics Teachers: https://www.physicsclassroom.com/shwave/refraction.cfm
Chicago Format
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 April 2024).
MLA Format
The Physics Classroom: Refraction of Light. College Park: American Association of Physics Teachers, 1996. 1 Sep. 2010. 28 Apr. 2024 <https://www.physicsclassroom.com/shwave/refraction.cfm>.
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@misc{
Title = {The Physics Classroom: Refraction of Light},
Publisher = {American Association of Physics Teachers},
Volume = {2024},
Number = {28 April 2024},
Month = {September 1, 2010},
Year = {1996}
}
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