Measuring the refractive index and the dispersion rate of liquid with vertical prism angle

  • LIU Hai-shan ,
  • LI Ming-shi ,
  • CHEN Jia-ming ,
  • ZHENG Qin-jia ,
  • HUANG Jiang
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  • Department of Physics,Guangdong Ocean University,Zhanjiang,Guangdong 524088,China

Received date: 2016-12-18

  Revised date: 2017-04-18

  Online published: 2017-12-20

Abstract

This paper presents a simple method to measure the refractive index of liquid by laser.According to the vertical prism angle of the square container,when the total reflection crosses,the incident critical angle can be measured,that the liquid refractive index can be calculated.Then,combining with the Cauchy's empirical formula,the dispersion rate of the liquid can be calculated by using the relationship between the refractive index and the critical angle.

Cite this article

LIU Hai-shan , LI Ming-shi , CHEN Jia-ming , ZHENG Qin-jia , HUANG Jiang . Measuring the refractive index and the dispersion rate of liquid with vertical prism angle[J]. College Physics, 2017 , 36(12) : 62 -65 . DOI: 10.16854/j.cnki.1000-0712.2017.12.016

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