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Ex 7 - GLASS PRISM (1)

The document outlines an experiment to trace the path of light rays through a glass prism, detailing the aim, required apparatus, theory, procedure, observations, results, and precautions. It explains the behavior of light as it refracts through the prism and how to measure angles of incidence, refraction, and deviation. The experiment emphasizes the relationship between the angle of incidence and the angle of deviation, noting that the latter decreases to a minimum before increasing again.

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Ex 7 - GLASS PRISM (1)

The document outlines an experiment to trace the path of light rays through a glass prism, detailing the aim, required apparatus, theory, procedure, observations, results, and precautions. It explains the behavior of light as it refracts through the prism and how to measure angles of incidence, refraction, and deviation. The experiment emphasizes the relationship between the angle of incidence and the angle of deviation, noting that the latter decreases to a minimum before increasing again.

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PHYSICS

CLASS: X

Exp. No: 7 TRACING THE PATH OF THE RAYS OF


Date:
LIGHT THROUGH A GLASS PRISM

AIM: (Ruled side)


To trace the path of the rays of light through a glass prism.

APPARATUS REQUIRED: (Ruled side)


A white sheet, fixing pins, 4-6 pins, prism, pencil, scale, protractor and a
drawing board.

THEORY: (Ruled side)

 A prism is a transparent refracting medium bounded by two plane


surfaces inclined at some angle.
 The light bends at various angles like an angle of incidence, angle of
refraction and angle of deviation.
 The angle of deviation is defined as the angle between the incident
ray and the emergent ray.

PROCEDURE: (Ruled side)

 Fix a white sheet on a drawing board using fixing pins.


 Place the triangular prism resting on its triangular base. Using a
pencil, draw the outline of the prism.
 Draw NN’ normal to the face of the prism AB to make an angle
between 30° and 60°.
 On the line PE, fix two pins at a distance of 5 cm from each other
and mark these as P & Q.
 Look for the images of the pins at P and Q through the other face of
the prism AC.
 Fix two pins at R and S such that they appear as a straight line as
that of the P and Q when it is viewed from AC face of the prism.
 Remove the pins and the prism.
 At point F, make the points R and S to meet by extending them.
 PE is the incident ray which is extended till it meets the face AC. FS
is the emergent ray which is extended backward to meet at point G.

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Now mark the angle of incidence ∠i, angle of refraction ∠r and the
angle of emergence ∠e and ∠D as shown in the experimental

setup.
 Repeat the experiment for more angles between 30° and 60°

RAY DIAGRAM: (Unruled side)

OBSERVATIONS: (Ruled side)

 At surface AB, the light ray enters and bends towards the normal on
refraction.
 At surface AC, the light ray bends away from the normal as it travels
from one medium (glass) to the other (air).
 The angle of deviation is observed. Here, the emergent ray bends at
an angle towards the direction of the incident ray.

RESULT: (Ruled side)

 The incident ray bends towards the normal when it enters the prism
and while leaving the prism it bends away from the normal.
 With the increase in the angle of incidence, the angle of deviation
decreases. After attaining the minimum value, it increases with an
increase in the angle of incidence.

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PRECAUTIONS: (Ruled side)

 For drawing the boundary of the prism, a sharp pencil should be


used. Drawing board and pointed pins should be used.
 The distance between the pins should be 5 cm or more.
 The pins should be fixed vertically and should be encircled when
they are removed from the board.
 The angle of incidence should be between 30° and 60°.
 The arrows drawn for the incident ray, reflected ray and the
emergent ray should be proper.

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