MCQ
A cut diamond sparkles because of its
- AHardness
- ✓High refractive index
- CEmission of light by the diamond
- DAbsorption of light by the diamond
✓
Answer
Correct option: B.
High refractive index
b
(b) Due to high refractive index its critical angle is very small so that most of the light incident on the diamond is total internally reflected repeatedly and diamond sparkles.
(b) Due to high refractive index its critical angle is very small so that most of the light incident on the diamond is total internally reflected repeatedly and diamond sparkles.
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