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A plane wave of sound travelling in air is incident upon a plane water surface
PHYSICS · Subjective · A Level · Physics · Waves · Waves
Problem
A plane wave of sound travelling in air is incident upon a plane water surface. The angle of incidence is
60
∘
60^\circ
6
0
∘
. Assuming snell's law to be valid for sound waves, it follows that the sound wave will be refracted into water away from the normal.
Related theory
Refraction
Reflection and refraction
Waves
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