Published on Apr 02, 2024
A cylindrical glass trough, water in a fug, a circular plastic disc which can float in water, a illuminating torch bulb which can be placed at the bottom centre of the trough .
Faraday's apparatus, a galvanometer, two magnets of different strengths, a battery, a tapping key
When light travels from a denser to a raser medium and incident in denser medium at an angle more than critical angle 'C', then it is totally internally reflected.
For height 'h' and circle radius 'r'
Tan C=r/h or r=h tan C, no light will go out.
For a greater height light will be received outside the water
• Put empty glass trough on a table.
• Fit an illuminated tiny torch bulb at the centre of the trough. Bulb illuminating will be seen.
• Pour some water in the trough and float the circular plastic plate in it, keeping its centre in vertical line with trough centre. Illuminated water surface will be visible.
• Pour slowly more and more water. Area of illuminated water surface will go on decreasing.
• Go on pouring water till no illuminated water surface is visible.
You will find that
r/h= tan C
for water C =48.6° and tan C = 1.13428.
Illuminated water surface totally disappeared when
h=r/tan C i.e., r=h tan C
The result is according to the theory.
