Physics
(a) Write a note on total reflecting prism.
(b) State three actions that it can produce.
(c) With the help of a diagram, show one action of total reflecting prism.
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(a) A prism having an angle of 90° between its two refracting surfaces and the other two angles each equal to 45° is called a total reflecting prism. In such a prism, the light incident normally on any of its faces suffers total internal reflection inside the prism.
(b) Three actions that it can produce —
- To deviate a ray of light through 90°.
- To deviate a ray of light through 180°.
- To erect the inverted image without producing deviation in its path.
(c) Below diagram shows the deviation of a ray of light through 90° by a total reflecting prism:
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