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    Image Formation by Spherical

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    This document discusses image formation using spherical mirrors. It defines key terms like concave mirror, convex mirror, center of curvature, radius of curvature, principal axis, focus, and pole. It describes the rules of reflection for curved mirrors, including that rays parallel to the principal axis are reflected through the focus, rays through the focus are reflected parallel to the axis, and rays through the center of curvature retrace their path after reflection. The document also outlines the characteristics of images formed by concave and convex mirrors depending on the position of the object.

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    Image Formation by Spherical

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    This document discusses image formation using spherical mirrors. It defines key terms like concave mirror, convex mirror, center of curvature, radius of curvature, principal axis, focus, and pole. It describes the rules of reflection for curved mirrors, including that rays parallel to the principal axis are reflected through the focus, rays through the focus are reflected parallel to the axis, and rays through the center of curvature retrace their path after reflection. The document also outlines the characteristics of images formed by concave and convex mirrors depending on the position of the object.

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    This document discusses image formation using spherical mirrors. It defines key terms like concave mirror, convex mirror, center of curvature, radius of curvature, principal axis, focus, and pole. It describes the rules of reflection for curved mirrors, including that rays parallel to the principal axis are reflected through the focus, rays through the focus are reflected parallel to the axis, and rays through the center of curvature retrace their path after reflection. The document also outlines the characteristics of images formed by concave and convex mirrors depending on the position of the object.

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    Image Formation by Spherical

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    Gian sanchez
    This document discusses image formation using spherical mirrors. It defines key terms like concave mirror, convex mirror, center of curvature, radius of curvature, principal axis, focus, and pole. It describes the rules of reflection for curved mirrors, including that rays parallel to the principal axis are reflected through the focus, rays through the focus are reflected parallel to the axis, and rays through the center of curvature retrace their path after reflection. The document also outlines the characteristics of images formed by concave and convex mirrors depending on the position of the object.

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    Image Formation by

    Spherical Mirrors
    Group - 4 Presentation
    CONTENTS

     1. Terminologies associated with Spherical/curved mirrors.


     2. Rules of reflection for curved mirrors.
     3. Mirror Equations.
     4. Characteristics of the image formed by a
    concave mirror according to the position of the object .
     5. Characteristics of the image formed by a convex mirror
    according     to the position of the object.
     6. Interactive Session.
    Various terms Associated with
    Spherical Mirrors

     Spherical Mirror : A curved mirror formed by a part of a hollow


    glass sphere with a reflecting surface (created by depositing
    silver metal) is also referred to as a spherical mirror.
     Concave Mirror : A concave mirror is a curved mirror with the
    reflecting surface on the hollow side (created by  depositing silver
    metal on the outer curved side).
     Convex Mirror : A convex mirror is a curved mirror with the
    reflecting surface on the outerside.
     Centre of Curvature : The centre of curvature of a curved mirror is      
    defined as the center of the hollow glass sphere of   which the
    curved mirror was (previously) a part.
     Radius of curvature : The radius of curvature of a curved
    mirror is defined as the radius of the hollow glass sphere
    of which the spherical mirror was (previously) a part.
    Note that any line drawn from the center of curvature C
    to the mirror  surface meets it at right angle
    and equals the radius of curvature.
     Principal Axis : The principal axis of
    a curved mirror is defined as the    imaginary line passing
    through its pole P and center of curvature C.
     Focus : The principal focus  is defined as the point on the principal axis  
    where the light rays traveling parallel to the principal axis after
    reflection actually meet (for a concave mirror) or  appear to meet (for a
    convex mirror).
     The principal focus is in front of the concave mirror and is  behind
    the convex mirror.
     The focal length (denoted by FP in the figure) is the distance 
    between the pole P and the principal focus F of a curved mirror.
     Note that the focal length is half the radius of curvature. (Focal
    Length = Radius of Curvature/2)
     Pole :  The pole  is defined as the geometric center of the curved mirror.
    Rules of Reflection for Curved Mirrors

     1. Any light ray traveling parallel to the principal axis is


    reflected by the curved mirror through the principal focus. It
    either actually passes (for a concave mirror) or appears to
    pass (for a convex mirror) through the principal focus.
     2. Any light ray that passes (for a concave mirror) or appears
    to pass (for a convex mirror) through the principal focus is
    reflected by the curved mirror parallel to the principal axis. 
     3. Any light ray that passes (for a concave mirror) or  appears
    to pass (for a convex mirror) through the center of curvature
    retraces its initial path after  reflection by the curved mirror.

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