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Whit light doesn't separate unless it passes through some medium. It is separable because it consists of many different light frequencies. Different colors (frequencies) of light have different refractive indices for the same interface. So, when white light is passed through a prism, for instance, different colors deviate (are refracted) to different extents. This is how the different frequencies in white light are separated into what is called the visible spectrum.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoBy this I think you mean 'disperse into its spectral colours'.
Visible light is a mixture of frequencies, hence wavelengths, each having a particular refractive index n where n=ratio of speeds between one material and another (air and glass, for example). The greater the refractive index, the more a ray of light will change direction between the two media. Red light has a lower n than blue light, hence is refracted less. So, a narrow beam of white light when incident at the right angle on a prismatic block of glass will emerge in different places - so we see the colours of the visible spectrum.
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∙ 12y agoyes. You can use a prism and split the white light into a rainbow spectrum.
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What can be used to split up light?
i dont even think light can be split up i dont know
What did newton discover about color?
white light can be split into the colours of the rainbow
If light traveled at the same speed in raindrops as it does in air could rainbows exist?
No as it is the light refracting (slowing down) through the raindrops. The different colours in the white light travel at different speeds through the raindrop, which causes them to split up into the different colours of the rainbow. Obviously if the light didn't slow down it would continue as white light.
What affect does a different colored light bulb have on a prism?
A prism will split light into its component colors. If a colored light is used, there will be less colors in the split light. A beam from a red light for instance will have very little blue or green light in it so you will not get the full spectrum from the prism.
What did Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassman split in 1938?
They split the uranium atom.
What are things that split up light rays?
tiny droplets of water can split up light rays
How can light be observed as a wave?
diffraction splits light, it wouldnt split particles but it would split a wave
What can be used to split up light?
i dont even think light can be split up i dont know
What is white light split into to coloured light called?
Dispersion of light.
What are the seven colors when you split white light?
White light splits into red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet when it is split by a prism. It does the same when water droplets split it into a rainbow.
Who found out that light can be split?
Isac Newton
Can you split white light by passing through it through a prison?
You can split white light into a spectrum of its component wavelengths by passing it through a prism, not a prison.
What is the name for what happens when light is split up into the different colours of the spectrum?
Refraction is the name for what happens when light is split up into the different colors of the spectrum.
What molecule is split during the light reactions photosynthesis to release oxygen?
Water is the molecule that is split during the light reaction of photosynthesis when releasing oxygen.
What molecule is split during the light reactions of photosynthesis to release oxygen?
Water is the molecule that is split during the light reaction of photosynthesis when releasing oxygen.
What piece of equipment do we use to split light?
A clear glass prism will split a white light beam into rainbow colours.
Can you split white light into the colour spectrum?
yes
