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What is the speed of light in water? In glycerine?

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What is the speed of light in water? In glycerine?

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What is the speed of light in water? In glycerine?

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The speed of light depends on the medium. Refractive index of the water is 1.33 and for glycerin is 1.473.

The expression to find the index of refraction of a material is,

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