PHYSICS 135 Chapter Notes - Chapter 26: Curved Mirror, Virtual Image, Real Image
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Center of curvature and focal points of spherical mirrors. The center of curvature and focal point is in front of the mirror for concave mirrors. The center of curvature and focal point is behind the mirror for convex mirrors. When the object is placed in-between the center of curvature and the focal point we receive: Real image (in front of the mirror) When the object is placed in front of both the center of curvature and focal point we receive: When the object is placed after both the focal point and center of curvature we receive: When the object is in front of the convex mirror and the focal point and center of curvature is behind the mirror we receive: The bigger the angle of incidence, the more refraction. Angle of refraction is slightly smaller than angle of incidence. Traveling in a medium low high: objects bends toward normal. Traveling in a medium high low object bend away from normal.
