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What happens when you shine an ultraviolet light through a prism?

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What happens when you shine a light ray onto a mirror?

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When light travels through a prism, it is bent or refracted as it passes from air into the prism and then again as it exits the prism. Different colors of light are refracted by different amounts due to their different wavelengths, causing them to separate. This separation creates a rainbow effect known as dispersion.


What can you found when light shines through a prism?

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What happens to the beam of a laser if you shined it through a prism?

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Depending on the positioning of the prism, it will merge the rainbow back together or spread the eight rays even further. Using this tactic, it is possible to concentrate light even further inwards, depending on how you orient the prism. If an edge is facing the light, it will spread. If a face is facing the light, it will converge.