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The Refractive Index

AQA AS-level PhysicsOpticsLesson 2 of 27

The relationship between the amount of refraction and the materials the light is passing through is given by Snell's Law.

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Refraction
The change of direction of a wave as it crosses a boundary between two media in which it travels at different speeds.

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