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2) What is meant by critical angle?

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When light travels from denser medium to rarer medium, then for a particular angle of incidence the angle of refraction becomes 90 degree and refracted ray goes along the direction of interface of two media. Such an angle of incidence for which angle of refraction becomes 90 degree is known as critical angle.


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