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Law of refraction is also termed as ___

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Discovered by Willebrord Snell in 1621 the law of refraction is also termed as Snell’s law. Snell’s law is given by n1sinθ1=n2sinθ2 where n1 and n2 are refractive indices the two different mediums. θ1 and θ2 are angle of incidence and angle of refraction.

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