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Physics · Topic 48

Refraction, refractive index and total internal reflection

Sub-topic 1 2024 · National Quarterfinal Free

Physical quantity riddle: refractive index

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Absolute refractive index from the speed of light in a medium

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Sub-topic 3 2018 · National Preliminary Premium

Critical angle for total internal reflection

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Sub-topic 4 2021 · National One-Eighth Premium

Snell's law: sine of the angle of refraction

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Riddle: refractive index

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Sub-topic 6 2026 · National Preliminary Premium

Dispersion of white light upon reflection versus refraction at a water surface (true/false)

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Sub-topic 7 2013 · National Preliminary Premium

Total internal reflection: medium direction, and light behaviour below/above the critical angle (true/false)

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Sub-topic 8 2016 · National One-Eighth Premium

Incident, reflected and refracted rays lie in the same plane (true/false)

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Sub-topic 9 2016 · National Preliminary Premium

Real depth of a submerged object from its apparent depth and the medium's refractive index

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Sub-topic 10 2016 · National Preliminary Premium

Apparent depth of a submerged coin from real depth and refractive index

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Sub-topic 11 2016 · National Preliminary Premium

Refractive index of a glass block from its thickness and an object's apparent depth

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Sub-topic 12 2017 · National Quarterfinal Premium

Problem of the day: minimum-deviation prism angle and refractive index from a given deviation

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Sub-topic 13 2022 · National Preliminary Premium

Finding real depth from apparent depth using a refractive index found from a reference measurement

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