Question

Explain the cause of dispersion of white light through a prism

Answer 1

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White light is made up of different colours namely violet, indigo, Blue, green, orange, Red . All this colours have their own refractive index , therefore when the white colour enters in any transparent medium ( here prism) the white light get dispersed into its seven constituent colours.

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Answer 2

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Dispersion of Light' can be defined as the splitting of white light when it passes through a glass prism into its constituent spectrum of colors (i.e. violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red).

The white light splits into its constituent colors at various frequencies and various angles.

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