Question

Why do the component colours of incident white light split into a spectrum

while passing through a glass prism? Explain.​

Answer 1

Answer:

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Explanation:

The velocity of light in a material medium depends upon this color (wavelength) i.e. the refractive index of a material is different for different colors. If we incident a ray of white light on a prism; on emerging, the different colors are deviated through different angles. Due to this, white light splits into its constituent colors and the phenomenon is called dispersion.

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Answer 2

Explanation:

• when a beam of light enters a prism it gets refracted and split into its seven constituent colours. This splitting of the light ray occurs because of the different angles of bending of each other colour. Hence each colour passing through the prism bends at different angles with the respect to the incident beam.