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angle of reflection

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angle of reflection

Angle between a ray of light reflected from a mirror and the normal (perpendicular) to that mirror. The law of reflection states that the angle of reflection is equal to the angle of incidence.



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This is because what are perceived to be the causes for the formation of the reflected image--things such as light, reflective surface, glass, mercury, angle of reflection, etc.
For short radius of curvature, the angle of reflection will change appreciably as a function of depth below the crystal surface leading to an exponentially decreasing tail on the low Bragg angle side.
 
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