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What is a dispersion of light?
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Solution
Dispersion of light is the phenomenon of splitting of light into its component colours.
When a narrow beam of sunlight is incident on a glass prism, the emergent light splits into seven colours, namely, violet (V), indigo (I), blue (B), green (G), yellow (Y), orange (O) and red (R).
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