Lesson: Deviation due to a Prism Physics • Second Year of Secondary School

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In this lesson, we will learn how to determine the effect of the shape and refractive index of a prism on the path taken through it by light rays.

Students will be able to

diagrammatically derive and apply the formula for deviation, ,
graphically demonstrate and use the formula for minimum deviation incidence angle, ,
use the thin prism approximation formula, .

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