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प्रश्न
Explain the cause of dispersion of white light through a prism.
What is the cause of dispersion of white light through a glass prism?
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उत्तर
When white light is incident on the first surface of a prism and enters glass, light of different colours due to different speeds in glass, is refracted or deviated through different angles. Thus, the dispersion of white light into its constituent colours takes place at the first surface of the prism. Thus, the cause of dispersion is the change in the speed of light with wavelength or frequency.
संबंधित प्रश्न
After tracing the path of a ray of light through a glass prism a student marked the angle of incidence (∠i), angle of refraction (∠r) angle of emergence (∠e) and the angle of deviation (∠D) as shown in the diagram. The correctly marked angles are :
(A) ∠i and ∠r
(B) ∠i and ∠e
(C) ∠i, ∠e and ∠D
(D) ∠i, ∠r and ∠e
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