Total Internal Reflection and Critical Angle

Total Internal Reflection and Critical Angle - A Level Physics

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This video introduces and explains total internal reflection and its relationship with the critical angle for A Level Physics.
Total internal reflection occurs when light reflects off of the boundary between two mediums. Where light gets refracted such that the angle of refraction is greater than the angle of incidence, at some angle, the light will be refracted at an angle of 90 degrees and is reflected instead. The smallest angle of incidence that this occurs at is called the critical angle.
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@nightly4303 7 жыл бұрын

I'm confused in the majority of my Physics lessons but this was well explained and I understood. Subbed and liked!

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@ollie4893 7 жыл бұрын

You explain things so clearly, I thought I was gonna fail my waves assessment till I found this. Thank you so much :)

@PhysicsOnline 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind comment. Physics is not easy but I do feel that even hard concepts can be explained simply.

@karenmatimura4821 8 жыл бұрын

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@MrGregasaurusrex 9 жыл бұрын

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@discospaghetti6744 7 жыл бұрын

Such a clear explanation

@subrahmanyamgadhamsetty3933 8 жыл бұрын

very nice demo. thanks

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@Noobmaster_x69 8 жыл бұрын

Good explaination with experiments thnx helped me lot

@rshekhar77 8 жыл бұрын

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@sea5205 5 жыл бұрын

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@arianahossain5844 Жыл бұрын

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@abhishekkhandare8045 7 жыл бұрын

please answer this question if there is a total internal reflection how can we see bright light in optical fiber because we se li

@jfernandes_25 3 жыл бұрын

Hi sir, I had an exam question where you had to continue a ray after it hits cladding and it says it hits at the critical angle(2 marks) So I did a line at the boundary and got a mark however why is it you need to show reflection for the 2nd mark as it is not totally internally reflecting is it(if it's at the exactly the critical angle)? Thank you.

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@muhammadhussainsarhandi9928 4 жыл бұрын

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@inesclement4059 3 жыл бұрын

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@_trm_4339 2 жыл бұрын

learning this for gcse

@mariehill6547 5 жыл бұрын

I’m still a bit confused on exactly how an optical fibre is able to reflect light so perfectly? I don’t understand how the difference in the cladding and the core’s refractive index affects the way in which light is reflected and able to pass through the structure.

@Hackupable 7 жыл бұрын

Just want to make things clear I have a few questions. So if n1 has a smaller refractive index than n2, the wave entering n2 will go towards the normal? And so if the a wave was entering from air (n1) to water (n2) at angle of around 67 to the normal, would the wave in n2 change direction towards the horizontal or would it change direction towards the normal?

@lotnewlifewhy5190 Жыл бұрын

Towards the normal right? Unless it's a sound wave and not a light wave, because in water the sound waves will actually travel faster as water has a higher density than air, which would cause the sound wave to move away from the normal in that case.

@tobias-edwards 7 жыл бұрын

Is there partial reflection at the critical angle? If there was an exam question like this, would I draw partial reflection alongside light travelling along the boundary? Thanks

@krypton1142 Ай бұрын

did u get an answer