Measuring Sugar Content of a Liquid With a Laser Pointer
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AstroNut42
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Measuring Sugar Content of a Liquid With a Laser Pointer
I am doing the above named project. I am in 9th grade, so I don't have a good grasp of trigonometry. For the project, I am using a laser pointer to measure how much sugar is in water (using a homemade prism with my physics teacher) with the index of refraction. I need help calculating the index of refraction in plain water and in sugar water. Can anyone help me with this math? I haven't done anything this complex yet, so if possible, please try to simplify the explanation. Thanks a ton!
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Re: Measuring Sugar Content of a Liquid With a Laser Pointer
Hello AstroNut42,
Welcome to Science Buddies and congratulations for picking an interesting project!
I think the background section to this project provides a pretty straightforward explanation for calculating the index of refraction:
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... background
You might want to also read the references given in the bibliography for that section.
Let us know if that helps!
Welcome to Science Buddies and congratulations for picking an interesting project!
I think the background section to this project provides a pretty straightforward explanation for calculating the index of refraction:
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... background
You might want to also read the references given in the bibliography for that section.
Let us know if that helps!