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Refractive Index of Prism Experiment Report

The document describes an experiment to determine the refractive index of a dispersing triangular prism using a spectrometer. It provides the formula used which relates the refractive index to the angle of the prism and angle of minimum deviation. Key steps involve measuring the angles of refraction for different colors of light passing through the prism and calculating the refractive index for each wavelength from the readings.

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Refractive Index of Prism Experiment Report

The document describes an experiment to determine the refractive index of a dispersing triangular prism using a spectrometer. It provides the formula used which relates the refractive index to the angle of the prism and angle of minimum deviation. Key steps involve measuring the angles of refraction for different colors of light passing through the prism and calculating the refractive index for each wavelength from the readings.

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DETERMINATION OF REFRACTIVE

INDEX OF A DISPERSING
TRIANGULAR PRIM FOR
SPECTROSCOPIC APPLICATIONS
Aim:
Given the angle of the prism, aim of the experiment is to determine the angle
of minimum deviation of the prism and hence calculate its refractive index.

Apparatus Required:

Spectrometer, Given Prism, Mercury Vapor lamp, etc.

Formula Used:

Refractive index (µ) of the prism is given by

Where
a - is the angle of prism
- is the angle of minimum deviation
Diagram:
Graph:

Tabulations:

Angle of prism = 48°

Least count of spectrometer = 1°

READING FROM VERNIER 1 VERNIER 2


MSR VSC TR MSR VSC TR
REFRACTED RAY (i) V 144° 11 144°11' 324° 20 324°20'
G 142° 30' 15 142°45' 323° 26 323°26'
Y 132° 30' 10 132°40' 313°30' 5 313°35'
R 132° 29 132°29' 312° 29 312°29'
DIRECT RAY (ii) 180° 0 180° 0° 0 0
V 35°49' 35°40'
DIFFERENCE G 37°15' 36°34'
BETWEEN (ii) &(i) Y 47°20' 46°25'
R 47°31' 47°31'

Result:

The Refractive index (µ) of the given prism


Light R.I
Violet 35°45' μ=1.3639
Green 36°54' μ=1.3767
Yellow 46°53' μ=1.6077
Red 47°31' μ=1.612

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