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Q: What happens to white light when passed thorugh a prism?
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What happens when a light goes through a prism?

when normal white light is passed through a prism, it is split up into all the rainbow colors.


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What happens if light is passed through a glass slab whose sides are not parallel?

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What happens to the spectrum if a red light shines on a prism?

red light is monochromatic light and if it shines on a prism its still red light pass through the prism, not 'rainbow' color.


What occurs in a prism?

What happens when light enters a prism is the light is broken up into all its natural colors. Hence what happens when you see a rainbow, all the little rain drops act as a prism.


What would you observe if light were passed through a prism?

The light would split into a rainbow.


When white light is passed through prism why is it observed that violet light bends more than red light?

The speed of violet light is slower than the red light in the prism.


What happens when a light hits a prism and why does it happen?

The light sctters into a spectrum.


When two prisms made of same material is placed side by side in same position and light is allowed to pass then what happens?

When white light passes through a prism it spreads to form a rainbow. If that "rainbow" light is then passed through a second prism it cannot recombine to reform white light.NO


How many times is white light refracted when passed through a prism?

Two times. One when the light beam crosses the air-prism interface and enters the prism and a second time when the beam crosses the prism-air interface on its way out of the prism.


What did Newton see when he passed white light through a prism?

a rainbow of colors