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Sunlight strikes a fused quartz surface. At what angle of incidence is the reflected light completely polarized?
13 years ago

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drwls
The index of refraction of fused quartz is N = 1.485

You want the "Brewster" angle of indidence.
It is tan^-1(N) = 55.6 degrees
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