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Take a thin thermal sheet. Cut it in circular discs of different radii like 2cm, 3cm, 4cm, 4.5cm. 5cm etc ad mark centers with sketch pen. Now take needles of length nearly firm. Pin a needle to each disc at its centre vertically. Take water in a large opaque tray and place the disc with 2cm radius in such a way that the raw& is inside the water ac shown in fig Q15. Now try to view the free end (head) of the needle from surface of the water.


• Why were you not able to view the head of the nail fix certain radii of the discs?

Because the light rays coming from the head of the nail for the certain radius undergoes the total internal reflection when they are incident on the surface of the water.


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Take a thin thermal sheet. Cut it in circular discs of different radii like 2cm, 3cm, 4cm, 4.5cm. 5cm etc ad mark centers with sketch pen. Now take needles of length nearly firm. Pin a needle to each disc at its centre vertically. Take water in a large opaque tray and place the disc with 2cm radius in such a way that the raw& is inside the water ac shown in fig Q15. Now try to view the free end (head) of the needle from surface of the water.


• Are you able to see the head of the needle?

15

Take a thin thermal sheet. Cut it in circular discs of different radii like 2cm, 3cm, 4cm, 4.5cm. 5cm etc ad mark centers with sketch pen. Now take needles of length nearly firm. Pin a needle to each disc at its centre vertically. Take water in a large opaque tray and place the disc with 2cm radius in such a way that the raw& is inside the water ac shown in fig Q15. Now try to view the free end (head) of the needle from surface of the water.


• At what maximum radius of disc, were you not able to see the free end of the needle?

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Take a thin thermal sheet. Cut it in circular discs of different radii like 2cm, 3cm, 4cm, 4.5cm. 5cm etc ad mark centers with sketch pen. Now take needles of length nearly firm. Pin a needle to each disc at its centre vertically. Take water in a large opaque tray and place the disc with 2cm radius in such a way that the raw& is inside the water ac shown in fig Q15. Now try to view the free end (head) of the needle from surface of the water.


• Does this activity help you to limit he ethical age of the medium (water)?

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Take a thin thermal sheet. Cut it in circular discs of different radii like 2cm, 3cm, 4cm, 4.5cm. 5cm etc ad mark centers with sketch pen. Now take needles of length nearly firm. Pin a needle to each disc at its centre vertically. Take water in a large opaque tray and place the disc with 2cm radius in such a way that the raw& is inside the water ac shown in fig Q15. Now try to view the free end (head) of the needle from surface of the water.


• Draw a diagram to show the passage of light ray from the head of the nail in different situations. (AS4)