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What is the refractive index of a medium?

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2 answers:

Travka [436]3 years ago

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The refractive index is the speed of light in a vacuum over the speed of light in the medium.

The answer is B. the ratio of the velocity of light in a vacuum over the velocity of light in the medium

Verdich [7]3 years ago

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Answer: Option B: the ratio of the velocity of light in a vacuum over the velocity of light in the medium, n = c/v

Explanation:

When a wave of light enters in some materials, the velocity changes depending on the material, and this is why some times when light enters in something, for example, a glass of water, the "path" of the light changes (and you can see some cool visual effects)

then, we define the refractive index of a medium as:

n = c/v

where n is the refractive index, c is the velocity of the light in the vacuum and v is the velocity of the light in the material, here you can see that n is always greater or equal than 1 ( in the case n = 1, we also have v= c)

Then, the correct option is:

option B: the ratio of the velocity of light in a vacuum over the velocity of light in the medium

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$-8.0 \times 10 ^{-19 }\ C,\ -3.2 \times 10 ^{-19 }\ C, -4.8 \times 10 ^{-19 }\ C$

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$-8.0 \times 10 ^{-19 }$ . We have just found it's a possible charge of a particle

$-3.2 \times 10 ^{-19 }$ . Since 3.2 is an exact multiple of 1.6, this is also a possible charge of the oil droplets

$-1.2 \times 10 ^{-19 }$ this is not a possible charge for an oil droplet since it's smaller than the charge of the electron, the smallest unit of charge

$-5.6 \times 10 ^{-19 },\ -9.4 \times 10 ^{-19 }$ cannot be a possible charge for an oil droplet because they are not exact multiples of 1.6

Finally, the charge $-4.8 \times 10 ^{-19 }\ C$ is four times the charge of the electron, so it is a possible value for the charge of an oil droplet

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