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प्रश्न
What is the cause of the dispersion of white light through a glass prism? Draw a ray diagram to show the path of light when two identical glass prisms are arranged together in an inverted position with respect to each other and a narrow beam of white light is allowed to fall obliquely on one of the faces of the prisms.
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उत्तर
The dispersion of white light occurs because of the varying speeds of different colored lights through different media. White light consists of seven colors. The speeds of these colored lights are the same through the air. However, their speeds vary in other media. Therefore, when white light enters from air to a glass prism then its component colors get refracted by different angles. As a result, dispersion occurs.
A ray diagram to show the path of light when two identical glass prisms are arranged together in an inverted position with respect to each other and a narrow beam of white light is allowed to fall obliquely on one of the faces of the prisms is given below:
When white light of the Sun passes through the first prism, it gets dispersed into its seven component colors. When all the seven colors of the spectrum pass through the second prism then a beam of white light emerges from the other side of the second prism.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
A student is observing a diagram showing the path of a ray of light passing through a glass prism. He would find that for all angles of incidence the ray of light bends:
Draw a ray diagram to show the dispersion of white light.
The splitting up of white light into seven colours on passing through a glass prism is called:
(a) refraction
(b) deflection
(c) dispersion
(d) scattering
The property of splitting of white light into its seven constituent colours is known as
A ray of white light is passed through a glass prism and a spectrum is obtained on a screen.
- Name the seven colours of the spectrum in order.
- Do the colours have the same width in the spectrum?
- Which of the colour of the spectrum of white light deviates (i) the most, (ii) the least?
When we place a glass prism in the path of a narrow beam of white light a spectrum is obtained. What happens when a second identical prism is placed in an inverted position with respect to the first prism? Draw a labelled ray diagram to illustrate it.
The process of separation of light into its component colours while passing through a medium is called _______.
Rainbow is a beautiful natural phenomenon. It is the combined effect of a natural three processes together produced by light. Write it into the circle.
Observe the given diagram and answer the questions:
- Name the process shown in the figure.
- Name the colour that deviates the most.
- Name the colour that deviates the least.
- Name any one phenomenon in nature which is based on the above process.
- Define ‘spectrum’.
