A thin glass rod is submerged in ethanol. What is the critical angle for light traveling inside the rod? Express your answer with the appropriate units.

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Answer:

65.14°

Explanation:

The formula for the calculation of critical angle is:

[tex]{sin\theta_{critical}}=\frac {n_r}{n_i}[/tex]

Where,  

[tex]{\theta_{critical}}[/tex] is the critical angle

[tex]n_r[/tex] is the refractive index of the refractive medium.

[tex]n_i[/tex] is the refractive index of the incident medium.

The light ray is travelling from glass to ethanol

Refractive medium is ethanol with refractive index = 1.361

Incident medium is glass with refractive index = 1.500

So,  

Applying in the formula as:

[tex]{sin\theta_{critical}}=\frac {1.361}{1.500}[/tex]

The critical angle is = sin⁻¹ 0.9073 = 65.14°