Physics, asked by tomarvinay6430, 11 months ago

How a prism work for the purpose of refraction?

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Answered by Anonymous
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Answer:

Light changes speed as it moves from one medium to another (for example, from air into the glass of the prism). ... This causes light of different colors to be refracted differently and to leave the prism at different angles, creating an effect similar to a rainbow.

Answered by joker2087
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Answer:

the prism is made up after a transparent piece which is optically denser than air and thus causes the light to bend.

Explanation:

now prism can be used for refracting light in various ways. on common use is dispersion which causes the difference colours in white light to refract at different angles as they have different wavlenght

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