A glass prism is able to produce a spectrum when white light passes
through it but a rectangular block of same transparent glass does not
produce any spectrum. Why?
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Answer:
because glass prism can scatter light whereas a rectangular block of same glass can not scatter the light that's why it can not produce spectrum
Answer:
A glass prism is able to produce aspectrum when White light passes through it but a glass slab does-not produce any spectrum. ... this results in the dispersion of white light into its constituent colours.
In the case of a glass slab, the two interfaces the light ray has to pass are parallel to each other. In this case the emergent ray is also a white light because the constituents of whitelight which are refracted at different angles at the first interface recombine at the second interface and emerge as a sigle white light.
In the case of a prism, the two interfaces the light ray has to pass are not parallel to each each other and are inclined at an angle. In this case, the effects of the first interface are not reversed and the colors separated at that first interface continue along different paths upon leaving the glass at the second interface. Hence we observe a spectrum on the other sisde