{"id":63589,"date":"2023-12-14T17:05:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T11:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/?post_type=ncert-notes&p=63589"},"modified":"2024-09-26T12:28:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T06:58:45","slug":"image-formation-spherical-mirrors-ray-diagrams","status":"publish","type":"ncert-notes","link":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/ncert-notes\/image-formation-spherical-mirrors-ray-diagrams","title":{"rendered":"Reflections: Image Formation with Spherical Mirrors through Ray Diagrams"},"content":{"rendered":"

How is the formation of images by Spherical Mirrors illustrated through Ray Diagrams?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n
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  • Requirement: Image Localization with an Abundance of Emanating Rays: <\/b>To construct the ray diagrams, in order to locate the image of an object using spherical mirrors, an arbitrarily large number of rays emanating from a point could be considered.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    \"Image<\/p>\n

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    • Dual Rays in Reflection: Mechanics of Image Formation: <\/b>The intersection of at least two reflected rays gives the position of the image of the point object.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Guiding Rays: Image Formation with Spherical Mirrors:<\/b> Any two of the following rays can be considered for locating the image.<\/span>\n
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      • (i) A ray parallel to the principal axis, after reflection, will pass through the principal focus in case of a concave mirror or appear to diverge from the principal focus in case of a convex mirror.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
      • (ii) A ray passing through the principal focus of a concave mirror or a ray which is directed towards the principal focus of a convex mirror, after reflection, will emerge parallel to the principal axis.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        \"Spherical<\/p>\n

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          • (iii) A ray passing through the centre of curvature of a concave mirror or directed in the direction of the centre of curvature of a convex mirror, after reflection, is reflected back along the same path.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            \"Guiding<\/p>\n

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                • The light rays come back along the same path because the incident rays fall on the mirror along the normal to the reflecting surface.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                • (iv) A ray incident obliquely to the principal axis, towards a point P (pole of the mirror), on the concave mirror or a convex mirror is reflected obliquely.\u00a0<\/span>\n
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                  • The incident and reflected rays follow the laws of reflection at the point of incidence (point P), making equal angles with the principal axis.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                    • In all the above cases the laws of reflection are followed.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
                    • At the point of incidence, the incident ray is reflected in such a way that the angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                      \"Guiding<\/p>\n

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                      Mirror Magic: Image Formation with Spherical Mirrors<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

                      (a) Image formation by Concave Mirror<\/b><\/p>\n

                      \"Ray
                      Ray diagrams for the image formation by a concave mirror<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
                      \"Image
                      Image formation by a concave mirror for different positions of the object<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

                      (b) Image formation by a Convex Mirror<\/b><\/p>\n

                      \"Ray
                      Ray diagram for the image formation by a convex mirror<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
                      \"Nature,
                      Nature, position and relative size of the image formed by a convex mirror<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","notes-subjects":[4568],"subject-chapters":[4705],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ncert-notes\/63589"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ncert-notes"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ncert-notes"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"notes-subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notes-subjects?post=63589"},{"taxonomy":"subject-chapters","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject-chapters?post=63589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}