Brewster’s law: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	polarizing angle • angle of polarization • Brewster angle

$Diagram illustrating Brewster's law, showing a ray of incident, ordinary light striking a surface at angle p, with reflected polarized light at a 90-degree angle to refracted, partially polarized light. Arrows indicate light direction and polarization.$

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Sir David Brewster

Scottish physicist