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Lapatulllka [165]
3 years ago
6

Why quantity refractive index dooesn't have unit

Physics
2 answers:
ASHA 777 [7]3 years ago
5 0
Refractive Index is a ratio of two similar physical quantity which is dimension less
refractive index = sin I / sin r

therefore it doesn't have a unit.
LenaWriter [7]3 years ago
4 0

Refractive index is expressed as a ratio of speed of light in vacuum relative to the speed of considered medium. As it is a ratio and the units m/s or km/h cancel out each other. Therefore, the qauntity refractive index does not have any unit. I hope it will be helpful to you. Thank you

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