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Refraction of Light Chapter 17 Index of refraction When light travels from one material to another it usually changes direction The bending of light that occurs at the borderline of two materials is called refraction the amount of bending depends on the optical properties of the two materials -- characterized by their index of refraction: n n is a number: n=1 for vacuum, n=1.33 for water, n=2.42 for diamond, n=1.5-1.9 for different types of glass ……. when the amount of bending is bigger, the difference in n is bigger for the two materials The laws of refraction: Snell’s laws If light travels