// Example 1.7.3 page 1.15 // To find RI of glass // To find the critical angle for glass... clc; clear; phi1 = 33 // Angle of incidence.. phi2 = 90 //Angle of refraction.. // According to Snell's law... // n1*sin(phi1)= n2*sin(phi2); //a = sin(phi1*%pi/(180)); // Assume n1 is the RI of glass and n2 is RI of air n2= 1; n1 = sind(90)/sind(33); printf('The Refractive Index is %.2f',n1); // To calculate thre critical angle... n1 = 1.836; // From above rounded off to 3 decimal points... phiC = asind((n2/n1)*sind(90)); phiC=asind(0.54); printf('\n\nThe Critical angel is %.2f degrees',phiC);