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What is the Cause of Dispersion? - Physics

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What is the cause of dispersion?
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Dispersion occurs because light of different colour bend through different angles while passing through a glass prism.
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Chapter 2: Light - Exercise 2.3 ii [Page 110]

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Frank Physics - Part 2 [English] Class 10 ICSE
Chapter 2 Light
Exercise 2.3 ii | Q 2 | Page 110

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