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A prism can help us understand the refraction and the reflection of light when it asses between 2 different mediums ( from one medium into another less refractive or from one medium into another more refractive ) and the ray of light may emerge out of the prism by refraction or by reflection and sometimes by total internal reflection ( by obeying the 2 laws of reflection and by making the angel of incidence equal to the angle of reflection ) and sometimes it may continue its path without deviation that is when the angle of incidence is equal to 0 degrees then the angle of refraction will be equal to 0 degrees this is called undeviated !

It separates the wavelengths contained in a beam of light.

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Newton discovered that the colors formed by a prism can be recombined to create light?

He discovers what is known as the rainbow, by using a prism to show that light is made up of all of those colors.


How does a prism allow us to see more than just white light?

I got this ! A prism allows you to see more then just white light because the sun reflects to the prism and then that light gets absorbed and reflected back into our eyes to see all the colors of the spectrum.


Why is white light dispersed by a glass prism?

When white light(composite light) consisting of various colors is passed through a prism, light of different colors will be deviated through different angles. Since the deviation is related to refractive index and refractive index to the color of light the deviation produced for different colors are different for same prism.That is the refractive indices are different for the various colors and this difference in the refractive indices is responsible for dispersion.


What tools can be used to break up white light?

Breaking of white lights means dispersion of light in which the white light or the visible light splits into 7 colors. Many tools may be used to break up the white light but among them one of them is Prism. It can break up the white lights into 7 colors. Keep a white paper in front of the prism and the prism in the sun due to which the sunlight coming from the sun passes through the prism and the white breaks up into 7 colors due to change in velocity of the different invisible lights inside the white or the visible light. Other tools like plastic scale or ruler also can be used to break up the white light. Thank you


Why is the constant deviation spectrometer named so?

It is named after the type of prism used in the instrument. A constant deviation prism has the property that the angle between light entering the prism (the incident light) and light exiting the prism (the emergent light) is always the same, no matter what the angle of the incident light to the prism.

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What can be separated with a prism?

White light.


Colored light formed by a prism can be recombined to form what?

Colored light formed by a prism can be recombined to form white light, as white light is a combination of all the colors in the visible spectrum.


What is the instrument used to break white light into a rainbow?

A prism is the instrument used to break white light into a rainbow by refracting light at different angles depending on its wavelength.


Newton discovered that the colors formed by a prism can be recombined to create what light?

When the colors formed by a prism is made to pass through a second prism, it results in producing white light. Newton's experiment demonstrated in this method is recombination of light. Conversely dispersion can be demonstrated with the help of a single prism.


The separation of white light into different colors by a prism is called?

The separation of white light into different colors by a prism is called dispersion.


What causes a prism to show colored light when you look into white light?

A prism works by refracting white light into its component colors, which have different wavelengths. This separation of colors occurs due to the different angles at which each color of light is bent as it passes through the prism, known as dispersion. This results in the colorful spectrum that is seen when looking at white light through a prism.


How does a prism reflect light?

It splits white light up into the colors of the visible spectrum, but if the colors go through another prism, they turn into white light again.


What did newton use to separate white light into spectrum of colors?

Isaac Newton used a triangular prism to separate white light into its spectrum of colors. When white light passes through the prism, the different wavelengths of light are refracted by different angles, causing them to spread out and create the rainbow of colors.


When passed through a second prism the light is combined to form white light once again?

This describes the process of dispersion where white light is separated into its component colors by a prism, and then combining these colors through another prism reverts it back to white light. This is due to the dispersion of light wavelengths by the prisms, which are then recombined to form white light.


Is a prism used to turn white light into black light?

No, a prism is not used to turn white light into black light. A prism disperses white light into its component colors through refraction, but it does not alter the light to turn it black. Black light is actually ultraviolet light that is not visible to the human eye without the help of special fluorescent materials.


A device that separates white light into different colors is a?

A device that separates white light into different colors is a prism. When white light passes through a prism, it is refracted at different angles based on the wavelength of each color, resulting in the separation of colors into a spectrum.


When white light passing through a glass prism is called?

The splitting of white light into its component colors when passing through a glass prism is called dispersion.