Refraction

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Refraction

Refraction is the change in direction of a wave as a result of it's change in speed as it moves from one medium to another. 

(http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/geoopt/imggo/refractr.gif)

When entering an optically more dense medium at an angle to the normal, a wave will bend towards the normal.

When travelling into an optically less dense medium at an angle to the normal, a wave will bend away from

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