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A prism doesn't bend light, you need a strong gravitational force to achieve that.
The thing a prism can do to light is split it into its component parts by a process known as refraction.
ANS 2: Imagine a parade marching diagonally across a parking lot. They march off the pavement on an angle into the mud. The parade bends towards the mud because the side that hits the mud first moves slower than the side that is still on the pavement. The parking lot is like the air and the mud is the glass and the parade is the beam of light. As light passes into the prism from the air, it slows down and bends (refracts) towards the glass. The speed of light through a dense medium is slower than through a less dense medium (index of refraction). The colors in white light get separated because the blue light doesn't bend as much as the red light because it has a shorter wavelength (it moves through the mud easier). One test for fake diamonds is to drop the fake diamonds into oil, they will seem to disappear because the index of refraction of fake diamonds is the same as the oil.
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When can light bend?
Light could bend when it enters a prism. A prism is a transparent object such as glass.
What is a transparent object that allows light to bend?
A glass prism
Can light rays bend?
Yes. The best known is the prism effect of a rainbow; but magnetic fields and gravity also bend light.
Who discovered a prism can bend light?
Unknown, but Newton formalized it and wrote it up.
What happens when light strikes a prism?
If the light enters the prism at an angle the light will bend. The amount the light will bend depends on its wavelength. Each wavelength is bent a different amount effectively splitting the light into its constituent wavelengths. Visible light (390 - 750 nm) will split into a rainbow. see link below
When can light bend?
Light could bend when it enters a prism. A prism is a transparent object such as glass.
When light passes through a prism why does the light ray bend towards the base of the prism?
reflection
What is a transparent object that allows light to bend?
A glass prism
Can light rays bend?
Yes. The best known is the prism effect of a rainbow; but magnetic fields and gravity also bend light.
Who discovered a prism can bend light?
Unknown, but Newton formalized it and wrote it up.
What happens when light strikes a prism?
If the light enters the prism at an angle the light will bend. The amount the light will bend depends on its wavelength. Each wavelength is bent a different amount effectively splitting the light into its constituent wavelengths. Visible light (390 - 750 nm) will split into a rainbow. see link below
What is an object that bends light and is triangular?
A prism is an object that can bend light and has a triangular shape. It has two triangular bases and three rectangular sides, which causes light to refract or bend when it passes through it, separating it into different colors. Prisms are commonly used in optics and experiments to study the properties of light.
When a beam of light is falling on prism surface and bend then which force is apply on its corner?
The trick behind this is that light is photons, which are massless.
Does ultraviolet light or visible light bend more when passing through a prism?
the last one on the list
What is a science instrument that bends light?
The science instrument is called Prism. It actually does not bend light. It separates the light into seven different colours.
Why light rays does not bend towards thicker part while passing through prsm?
It is very difficult to answer this question since it is based on a total misunderstanding of what actually happens. Light rays, when passing through a triangular prism DO bend towards the thicker part of the prism!
How do water droplets in the air form a rainbow?
the light reflects of the droplets like a prism and bend the rays of light to make a rainbow
