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प्रश्न
What is understood by the term dispersion of light? What is its cause?
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उत्तर
The splitting of white light into its constituents colours when white light passes through a prism is called dispersion of light.
The cause of dispersion is the deviation of light of different colours through different angles, by a prism.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Why is the colour red used as a sign of danger?
Name three factors on which the deviation produced by a prism depends and state how does it depend on the factors stated by you.
Which colour of white light travels fastest in glass?
In following diagram shows a thin beam of white light from a source S striking on one face of a prism.

A slit is placed in between the prism and the screen to pass only the light of green colour. What will you then observe on the screen?
Write the approximate wavelengths for blue.
Draw another diagram to show how the colours of spectrum of white light can be combined to give the effect of white light.
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.
Write the approximate wavelength for red light.
