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A ray of light incident on the surface of a glass prism is observed to behave as represented in the diagram in Fig.6

      

A ray of light incident on the surface of a glass prism is observed to behave as represented in the diagram in Fig.6
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Explain this observation.

  

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John
White light consists of several colours, each with a different wavelength. Every colour therefore travels with different velocity in glass, so each colour is deviated differently causing dispersion
johnmulu answered the question on May 15, 2017 at 14:01


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