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State two factors which affect the critical angle for a given pair of media.
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Solution

Factors affecting the critical angle are:
(i) The colour (or wavelength) of light.
(ii) The temperature (on changing the temperature of medium, its refractive index changes).

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Chapter 2: Light - Exercise 2.1 ii [Page 89]

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Frank Physics - Part 2 [English] Class 10 ICSE
Chapter 2 Light
Exercise 2.1 ii | Q 2 | Page 89

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