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Waves and boundaries

Waves and boundaries. A boundary is a place where conditions change. What a wave does at a boundary depends on the boundary conditions . The wave approaching a boundary is called the incident wave. The wave returning from a boundary is called the reflected wave.

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Waves and boundaries

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  1. Waves and boundaries • A boundary is a place where conditions change. • What a wave does at a boundary depends on the boundary conditions. • The wave approaching a boundary is called the incident wave. • The wave returning from a boundary is called the reflected wave.

  2. Refraction of waves involves a change in the direction of waves as they pass from one medium to another.

  3. Diffraction - a change in direction of waves as they pass through an opening or around a barrier in their path

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