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Find out whether there is a relationship between the incidence ray and the reflected ray when it passes through a different medium e.g. glass, water e.t.c.
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Refraction Coursework Aim: To find out whether there is a relationship between the incidence ray and the reflected ray when it passes through a different medium e.g. glass, water e.t.c. Refraction Of Light Refraction is a physical process of the deviation of the light rays bending as they enter another medium of an altered density. When the light rays hit the Perspex block, they bend in the direction of the normal. This is due to the light rays slowing down as they enter another medium. Think of it as a truck that is on a superior road surface approaching marshy land at an angle. The wheels of the truck will make contact with the marshland at different stages, when the first wheel enters the marshland, it slows down. Meanwhile the other wheel that is still on the tarmac will be going at its original speed, therefore the whole truck turns into the marshland....
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