Why light bends away from normal when enter from denser to rare medium?

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2026-07-15 18:05

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Light slows down when it enters a denser medium due to increased interactions with the molecules in the medium. This slowing causes the light waves to bend away from the normal line to maintain the same frequency and to obey the law of conservation of energy.

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