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A light ray is incident from a denser medium on the boundary separating it from a rarer medium at an angle of incidence equal to the critical angle. What is the angle of refraction for the ray?
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The angle of refraction becomes equal to 90° when a light ray is incident from a denser medium on the boundary separating it from a rarer medium at an angle of incidence equal to the critical angle. Below diagram shows the path of the ray when angle of incidence is equal to the critical angle:
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