does dispersion happens in see water? how?
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Since the index of refraction of water varies with wavelength, the light is dispersed, and a rainbow. (There is no dispersion caused by reflection at the back surface, since the law of reflection does not depend on wavelength.)
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Answer:The dispersion that leads to the rainbow effect generated by transparent media results from an intrinsic property of the medium being considered: the dependence of its refractive index n on the wavelength of light λ passing through it. In this sense, water in a glass is just as dispersive as water droplets in a rainbow.
When different wavelengths pass from air into a sample of water, they refract by different amounts according to Snell's law, and the fact that the index of refraction of water varies as a function of wavelength.
So why don't you see a rainbow in some situations, but you do see a rainbow in others? Well, it's because being able to see the rainbow depends on the geometry of the sample of water, at what angle the light is incident, and where the dispersed light is being viewed from.
For example, suppose we have a sample of white light (containing all wavelengths) that is normally (perpendicular to the surface) incident on a rectangular prism of water, then by Snell's law, the the light does not refract at all when it passes through the sample, and we see no dispersion.
On the other hand, if there is a droplet on a table, then we can arrange for white light to be shone on the droplet in such a way that it is not normally incident on the droplet and exits the droplet in such a way that it hits the table allowing us to see all of the separated colors.
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