Why is it that, in a spoon, you can see yourself upside down? Bamboozled me for years.
1 answer:
You might be interested in
Answer:
Explanation:
When an electromagnetic wave passes through the interface between two mediums, it undergoes refraction, which means that it bents and its speed and its wavelength change.
In particular, the wavelength of an electromagnetic wave in a certain medium is related to the index of refraction of the medium by:
where
is the wavelength in a vacuum (air is a good approximation of vacuum)
n is the refractive index of the medium
In this problem:
is the original wavelength of the wave
n = 1.47 is the index of refraction of corn oil
Therefore, the wavelength of the electromagnetic wave in corn oil is: