Fourth year of secondary education
Optics
C.Palacios
J.L. San Emeterio
Optics
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                                       2.2 Spherical concave mirrors                              

 

Have you ever looked at yourself in a spoon?  Try it. 

The surface of a spoon is concave. 

If its curvature were equal to the surface of a spherical cap, we would say that it was a concave spherical surface (which is rather difficult for normal spoons). 

superficie cóncava
 

                                                                                                                       

Light as a wave
What type of wave is light?
Colour and luminous intensity
Reflection
What is reflection?
Concave mirrors
Convex mirrors
Refraction
What is refraction?
Refraction depending on colour
Converging lenses
Diverging lenses
An optical instrument: the telescope
How does it work?
What type should I buy?
Light as a particle
The photoelectric cell
What can we deduce from the way it works?
Evaluation