why white light dispersed when passing through prism
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the prism is denser medium as compared to air so the white light disperse after passing through it..
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Because white light is a combination of seven colors, which get scattered by a prism. The scattering effect and angle for each color(wavelength) is different, most for violet and least for red, and they travel with different speed inside the prism, so get dispersed as VIBGYOR
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