Names: _________Barcelona, Ma.
France Therese_______________
_________Chan, Suzandra Kirstin Mikaela C._____________
_________Plaza, Ethan Luise Benedict C.________________
_________Salaverria, Adlai Ethan L. _______________
Date Performed: _________July 19, 2024______________________________
Course Code & Section: _________LBYPH1A - EQ3 _________________________
DATA SHEET
Table 1. Refraction Data for Air-to-Lens refraction set up
Angle of Incidence, θ1 Angle of refraction, θ2 sin θ1 sin θ2
(°) (°)
0 0° 0 0
10 6.5° 0.174 0.113
20 13° 0.342 0.225
30 20° 0.500 0.342
40 26° 0.643 0.438
50 31.5° 0.766 0.522
60 36.5° 0.866 0.595
70 38.5° 0.940 0.623
80 41.5° 0.985 0.663
90 N/A 1 N/A
Table 2. Refraction Data for Lens-to-Air refraction set-up
Angle of Incidence, θ1 Angle of refraction, θ2 sin θ1 sin θ2
(°) (°)
0 0° 0 0
10 15° 0.174 0.259
20 31° 0.342 0.515
30 49.5° 0.500 0.760
40 79° 0.643 0.982
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50 N/A 0.766 N/A
60 N/A 0.866 N/A
70 N/A 0.940 N/A
80 N/A 0.985 N/A
90 N/A 1 N/A
Guide Questions
1. Using the slopes of your best fit lines, what are the experimental values of the index of
refraction that you solved for acrylic? Are the results the same? If not, to what do you attribute
the differences?
- For lens to air: 0.68
For air to lens: 1.53
Therefore, the results are not the same. One attribute to this difference is because air
and acrylic have different indices of refraction and depending on enters through.
Another attribute to this could be material imperfections and inhomogeneities, meaning
that the acrylic could not be uniform throughout its whole body.
2. Take the average of the two values that you got. Is this value close to the accepted value for
the index of refraction of acrylic (n = 1.5)?
- The average that we obtained is 1.105 which looks to be close to the index of refraction.
Using the percentage error, we find that it has around 26% error, meaning that the
difference is quite significant.
3. Is the angle of incidence always larger than the angel of refraction? Why or why not?
- It still depends on the relative indices of refraction. When light travels from a medium
that has a higher index of refraction to one with a lower index, the angle of incidence is
greater than the angle of refraction.
4. In performing the experiment, what difficulties did you encounter in measuring the angle of
refraction for large angles of incidence?
- Measuring the angle of refraction was quite difficult due to increased refraction. This
made it challenging to trace and quantify the refracted light precisely as it bends much
and approaches the critical angle.
5. Was all the light of the ray refracted? Was some reflected? How might you have used the Law of
Reflection to test the alignment of the Cylindrical Lens?
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- Not all of the light was refracted and depending on the angle, the light would either be
stronger or weaker. Some of the light was reflected. The Law of Reflection can be used
to test the alignment by having the angle of incidence equal the angle of reflection.
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