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Refraction of Light

AQA AS-level PhysicsOpticsLesson 1 of 27

When a light ray is incident at a boundary, the normal is an imaginary line perpendicular to the boundary

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Refraction is the change of direction that occurs when a wave crosses a boundary.

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