According to the Snell Law
where is the index of refraction for the liquid, is the index of refraction of the air, the angle of refraction in the liquid, and the index of refraction in the air.
In the limiting case when , the light is refracted in the in the interphase of the two media. Thus,
For incident angles greater than 46.4°, the light is reflected back into the liquid.
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