Question

define dispersion of light. explain briefly how white light get dispersed by the prism.

Answer 1

hi there,
dispersion of light is the scattering of light into its constituent  particles.

the color white consist of 7 colours (vibgyor)
when light  passes through a prism the light get scattered thus differentiating the colours.
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Answer 2

the process of splitting up of white light into many colours is called dispersion.the band of colours produced when white light is split up is called a spectrum.a spectrum is formed when white light passes through a prism.a rainbow is an example of it.

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