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What happens if you shine a beam of light into a triangular prism?
When a beam of light is shone into a triangular prism, the light is refracted (bent) as it enters the prism, then reflected internally off the prism's surfaces, and finally refracted again as it exits the prism. This interaction between the light and the prism causes the light to separate into its component colors, creating a rainbow spectrum.
What colour is refracted most by a prism?
Violet light is refracted the most by a prism, followed by blue, green, yellow, orange, and red. This dispersion of light creates a rainbow effect when white light passes through a prism.
How many times is a beam of light refracted when it passes through a triangular prism?
A beam of light is typically refracted twice when it passes through a triangular prism. The first refraction occurs as the light enters the prism and bends toward the normal due to the change in medium from air to glass. The second refraction happens when the light exits the prism, bending away from the normal as it moves from glass back into air.
What color is refracted most when passing through a prism?
Blue light is refracted the most when passing through a prism, followed by green, yellow, orange, and red light in that order. This is due to the different wavelengths of the colors, with blue light having the shortest wavelength and being bent the most as it passes through the prism.
What is a three sided object that separates white light passing through it?
a triangular prism
What does a triangular prism have that rectangular prism does not have?
a triangular prism has to triangular bases while a rectangular prism has a rectangle as the bases.
How are a triangular prism and a rectangular prism are they different?
a triangular prism is different from a rectangular prism because: their names are different a triangular prism has a triangle for its' base a rectangular prism has a rectangle base a triangular prism has less sides than a rectangular prism a rectangular prism has more sides than a triangular prism
What happens when you shine a light ray into a light prisim?
When the light ray strikes the surface of the prism, both when it enters and when it leaves, it bends owing to the different in the speeds of light in air and the material of which the prism is made. The amount of bending depends in part on the frequency of the light which is related to the colour of the light, hence the appearance of a colour spectrum which can be seen from a triangular prism.
What prism has triangular bases?
A triangular prism
How do you xxplain the cause of dispersion?
When composite white light with seven colours as constituents enter into triangular prism, then different colours get refracted at different angles because of the different refractive index value of glass for different colours. Refractive index is defined as the ratio of the speed of light in free space to that in the glass medium. As the speed of the different colour differ, the refractive index varies. Hence they have different angle of refraction. So all the colours have been split up. As we use a triangular prism, as the refracted colours fall on the other face of the prism, once again separation becomes possible. Hence the phenomenon of dispersion. But this will not be possible when we use a rectangular glass slab. So triangular prism is essential to have dispersion.
What shape does a triangular prism have than a rectangular prism does not have?
A triangular prism has two triangular faces, a rectangular prism does not have any.
Which has more sides a triangular pyramid or a triangular prism?
A triangular prism.
