4 4 Concave and Convex Mirrors Concave Mirrors
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4. 4 Concave and Convex Mirrors
Concave • Mirrors that have a curved side where the reflective surface is on the “caved in” face of the mirror
Uses of concave mirrors
Concave mirror terms • Principal axis – a line drawn through the centre of the circle Principal axis Vertex (v) – the point where the principal axis meet the mirror
Concave mirror terms • Centre of curvature (C) – the centre of the sphere that the mirror fits on Radius of Curvature – the distance from C to the mirror C
Concave mirror terms • Focal point (F)– exactly halfway between the centre and the mirror Focal length (f) – the distance from F to the mirror Principal axis C F f
Concave mirror terms • All light rays that hit the surface of the mirror are parallel to the principal axis and reflect back through the focal point
Focal point
Drawing Ray diagrams to Locate Images • The type of image produced by a concave mirror will change depending on the location of the object • For example, if the object is: – Beyond C – Between C and F – Between F and the mirror • Each situation will create a different set of image characteristics
Step 1 • Draw a straight line behind the mirror through the vertex • Draw an incident ray parallel to the principal axis that reflects through the focal point
Original object C F
Step 2 • Draw an incident ray through the focal point that reflects parallel to the principal axis
C F
Step 3 • Draw an incident ray through the centre of curvature that will reflect straight back through the centre of curvature • Describe the characteristics of the image
C F inverted L: _______ closer O: _______ S: ______ smaller T: _____ real
- Spherical aberration in mirrors
- Pinwheels and polygons
- Polygons definition
- Covex and concave
- Otot siliar
- Graham scan
- Convex polygon
- Concave and convex mirror
- What is quadrilateral
- Uses of concave and convex mirror
- Filled area primitives in computer graphics
- Convex hull is the smallest convex set
- Salt acronym mirrors
- Concave mirror salt characteristics
- Single convex spherical mirrors produce images that
- Convex vs concave teeth
- Concave vs convex light refraction
- Concave lens equation
- Kaltenborn traction grading scale
- Decide whether the figure is a polygon
- Humeroulnar flexion