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Refractive index of water

The index of refraction is given by the following formula: $$ n = \sqrt{\frac{\epsilon \mu}{\epsilon_0 \mu_0}} = \sqrt{\epsilon_r \mu_r},$$ where $\epsilon_r$ is the relative permittivity/dielectric ...
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Microwaves in other media

I saw a video on how microwaving grapes make plasma. He said that the refractive index of microwave is about 10 inside the grape. Now, we don't know the wavelength of the microwaves in the grape or ...
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