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At what angle inside glass is light totally internally

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At what angle inside glass is light totally internally reflected? At what angle inside a diamond is light totally internally reflected?

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At what angle inside glass is light totally internally reflected? At what angle inside a diamond is light totally internally reflected?

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Light inside glass is totally internally reflected when the angle at which light hits the boundary between glass and air is equal to the critical angle of glass.

The critical angle of glass is about , so we can conclude that at  the light inside the glass is totally internally reflected.

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