Snell's Law

GPTKB entity

Statements (25)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf physical phenomenon
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs law of refraction
gptkbp:appliesTo light
other waves
wave passes between two isotropic media
gptkbp:basisFor understanding refraction
gptkbp:category laws of optics
gptkbp:describes relationship between angles of incidence and refraction
gptkbp:eligibility anisotropic media
gptkbp:expressedIn n1 * sin(θ1) = n2 * sin(θ2)
gptkbp:formedBy 1621
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Snell's Law
gptkbp:n1 refractive index of first medium
gptkbp:n2 refractive index of second medium
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Willebrord_Snellius
gptkbp:publishedBy gptkb:René_Descartes
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Fermat's_principle
total internal reflection
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:optics
engineering
physics
gptkbp:θ1 angle of incidence
gptkbp:θ2 angle of refraction
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bending_Light
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7