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Brian Swarthout · Jackie Shlecter
Apr 16, 2014

The greater the Index of refraction (n), the lower the speed of light through the medium.

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The lower the Speed of light thru the medium the greater the index of refraction (n).

Very interesting: in English they say a ray of light is bent. In German they say a ray of light is gebrochen (broken). In German the index of refraction is known as the Brechzahl, the "breaking number".

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