Specular Reflection

119 - Specular Reflection In this video Paul Andersen explains how light that is perfectly reflected creates specular reflection. The angle of the incident ray is equal to the angle of the reflected ray. Specular reflection is also known as mirror-like reflection. If the reflecting surface is irregular it will create diffuse, rather than specular, reflection. Do you speak another language? Help me translate my videos: http://www.bozemanscience.com/translations/ Music Attribution Title: String Theory Artist: Herman Jolly http://sunsetvalley.bandcamp.com/track/string-theory All of the images are licensed under creative commons and public domain licensing: AIGA. English: Men’s Toilet Sign, February 26, 2007. http://www.aiga.org/Resources/SymbolSigns/gif_large/12_toiletsq_men.gif. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aiga_toiletsq_men.svg. Andreyev, Matvey. Snow_field, January 5, 2007. http://www.panoramio.com/photo/305361. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snow_field_-_panoramio.jpg. Beck, Ant. English: Specular and Diffuse Reflection, December 5, 2012. Own work. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Specular_And_Diffuse_Reflection.svg. “Bending Light.” PhET. Accessed April 29, 2015. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/bending-light. Canada, Jon Eben Field from Vancouver, BC. Buntzen Lake, February 4, 2005. Flickr. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reflection1.jpg. Chiesa, Mirror_image_reversal gif: RjHallderivative work: Luigi. Ihis Illustration Demonstrates the Reversed Image Illusion Produced by Light Reflecting from a Mirror., October 8, 2010. Mirror_image_reversal.gif. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mirror_image_reversal.svg. DPoptics. English: Diffuse Reflection due to Surface Microstructure, April 26, 2015. Own work. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DiffuseReflection_microstructure.svg. “Reflection (physics).” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, April 28, 2015. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reflection_(physics)&oldid=659593985. “Reflection (physics).” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, April 28, 2015. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reflection_(physics)&oldid=659593985.