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Right, I think I'm in trouble....
Daughter Riley Rose (age 4) said to me this afternoon, "Daddy, what's specular refraction?"
Seriously, she did....Eh? What? Erm?
Of course I was able to answer her in full (after a sneaky Google.)
"Well, I'm glad you asked that, baby. Specular refraction is the mirror-like reflection of waves, such as light, from a surface. In this process, each incident ray is reflected at the same angle to the surface normal as the incident ray, but on the opposing side of the surface normal in the plane formed by incident and reflected rays. The result is that an image reflected by the surface is reproduced in specular fashion."
I think that sated her curiosity.... apparently she heard it on a program during the week!
How smart are we Dads? [emoji2]
Daughter Riley Rose (age 4) said to me this afternoon, "Daddy, what's specular refraction?"
Seriously, she did....Eh? What? Erm?
Of course I was able to answer her in full (after a sneaky Google.)
"Well, I'm glad you asked that, baby. Specular refraction is the mirror-like reflection of waves, such as light, from a surface. In this process, each incident ray is reflected at the same angle to the surface normal as the incident ray, but on the opposing side of the surface normal in the plane formed by incident and reflected rays. The result is that an image reflected by the surface is reproduced in specular fashion."
I think that sated her curiosity.... apparently she heard it on a program during the week!
How smart are we Dads? [emoji2]
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