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7 Lab Concave Mirrors

This document provides instructions for a lab on concave mirrors. It consists of two parts. Part A instructs students to set up a ray box with parallel rays and a concave mirror, measure the mirror's focal length, and draw a labeled diagram. Part B instructs students to locate the mirror's focal point, center of curvature, and draw the path of four principal rays reflecting off the mirror: one parallel to the axis, one through the focus, one through the center of curvature, and one striking the vertex.

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7 Lab Concave Mirrors

This document provides instructions for a lab on concave mirrors. It consists of two parts. Part A instructs students to set up a ray box with parallel rays and a concave mirror, measure the mirror's focal length, and draw a labeled diagram. Part B instructs students to locate the mirror's focal point, center of curvature, and draw the path of four principal rays reflecting off the mirror: one parallel to the axis, one through the focus, one through the center of curvature, and one striking the vertex.

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SNC2D Concave Mirrors Lab

Terminology: Concave
Mirror
Principal
axis
vertex

Part A: Concave Mirrors


1. Set-up the ray box for 5 rays and adjust until rays are parallel.
2. On a blank sheet of paper, draw a line for the principal axis of the mirror.
3. Place the mirror on the principal axis and mark its position on the paper.
4. Use the ray box to send 5 parallel incident rays on to the mirror. Place the centre ray on
the principal axis. The position where the 5 rays are focussed into a point is called the
focus or focal point.
5. The distance from the vertex to focus of a mirror is called the focal length.

6. Measure the focal length of your mirror. Focal length (f) = ____________

7. Make a neatly labelled diagram showing the concave mirror (with reflective surface),
its principal axis, the vertex, focal point, focal length, incident rays and reflected
rays

Part B: Four principal rays for a Concave mirror

1. On a blank sheet of paper, draw a line to represent the principal axis. Place a concave
mirror on the axis and mark its position.
2. Use a ray box to locate the focal point for the mirror. Mark the position on your diagram.
3. The centre of curvature for a mirror is located on the principal axis at a distance of twice
the focal length from the vertex in front of the mirror. (i.e. C = 2 x f)

Mark the centre of curvature for your mirror on your diagram.


4. In each of the following mark the path of the reflected ray for each of the given incident
rays (use the plate that only has one slit)

a) incident ray parallel to principal axis b) incident ray passing through the focus

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parallel to
rays
thepassing
principal
through the
axis are reflected
focus in
are
such
reflected
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in such a way that
the reflectedthe
rays
reflected
… rays …

c) incident ray passing through the d) incident ray striking the vertex
centre of curvature

Incident rays passing through the Incident rays striking the vertex of
Centre of Curvature are reflected in the mirror are reflected in such a way
such a way that the reflected rays … that the reflected rays …

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