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Name: Snell's Law
ID: m12903
Language: English (en)
Summary: We derive Snell's Law, and the Law of Reflection from the fundamental properties of an electromagnetic wave impinging upon an interface.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: Law of reflection, Reflection, Refraction, Snell, Snell's Law
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 2.0
Authors: Paul Padley (padley@rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: Paul Padley (padley@rice.edu)
Maintainers: Paul Padley (padley@rice.edu), Scott Kravitz (swkravitz@gmail.com)
Latest version: 1.2 (history)
First publication date: Jul 21, 2005 8:55 am GMT-5
Last revision to module: Aug 19, 2008 12:06 pm GMT-5
Module XML: m12903_1.2.cnxml

Version History

Version: 1.2 Aug 19, 2008 12:06 pm GMT-5 by Chuck Bearden
Changes: 
Changes by swkravitz to make PDFs buildable; maintainer role for swkravitz.
Version: 1.1 Jul 21, 2005 9:08 am GMT-5 by Paul Padley
Changes: 
new module

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