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Unit VI: Optics Chapter–9: Ray Optics and Optical Instruments


CBSE Class 12 Physics

Unit VI: Optics  Chapter–9: Ray Optics and Optical Instruments 

Ray Optics: Reflection of light, spherical mirrors, mirror formula, refraction of light, total internal reflection and optical fibers, refraction at spherical surfaces, lenses, thin lens formula, lens maker’s formula, magnification, power of a lens, combination of thin lenses in contact, refraction of light through a prism. Optical instruments: Microscopes and astronomical telescopes (reflecting and refracting) and their magnifying powers