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take some glycerin in a beaker. put a glass rod in the beaker. what do you observe? are you able to see the part of the glass rod in the glycerin? the glass rod becomes almost invisible in the glycerin. why

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Refraction takes place when light passes through medium of different refractive indices.here
refractive index of the glycerin is equal to refractive index of the glass.That is why glass rod becomes almost invisible in the glycerin.

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