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प्रश्न
How does the deviation produced by a triangular prism depend on the colours (or wavelengths) of light incident on it?
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उत्तर
The deviation caused by a prism increases with the decrease in the wavelength of light incident on it.
संबंधित प्रश्न
In following diagram shows a thin beam of white light from a source S striking on one face of a prism.

What conclusion do you draw from the observation in part (b) above?
If a monochromatic beam of light undergoes minimum deviation through an equiangular prism, how does the beam pass through the prism, with respect to its base?
Write the approximate wavelengths for blue.
Light of different colours is deviated through different angles by a prism. Explain the reason.
What is understood by the term dispersion of light? What is its cause?
A prism causes dispersion of white light while a rectangular glass block does not. Explain.
Draw a neat diagram to show the arrangement you would use to project a pure spectrum of white light on a screen.
Comment on the statement: ‘When any ray of white light is incident on a glass prism, it simply disperses it into its seven constituent colours.
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