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A block of glass that can split white light into the many colors that it is comprised of is called a prism. The name comes from the traditional shape of the tool, which is a triangular prism.

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A block of glass that can spilt white light into different colours?

a prism


What did Isacc newton do for color and light?

Isaac newton was the first one to split white light into its colours using a glass block !


What block of glass can split white light into different colours?

A prism made of glass can split white light into different colors through a process called dispersion. When light enters the prism, it is refracted and separated into its component colors due to their differing wavelengths, resulting in a spectrum of colors.


What causes dispersion of light?

White light is made up of 7 colours. When put through a prism like a raindrop or a glass block, the 7 colours all travel at different speeds, because some slow down more than others. Thus, light is dispersed into it's spectrum


What happens when you shine a light in to a glass block?

When light enters a glass block, it changes speed and bends due to refraction, causing the light beam to deviate from its original path. The light exits the glass block at a different angle than it entered. This phenomenon is a result of the change in the speed of light as it passes from air into the denser medium of the glass.


What is it called when you shine light through a glass block?

When you shine light through a glass block, it is called refraction. Refraction is the bending of light as it passes from one medium, such as air, into another medium with a different optical density, such as glass.


How can you filter light to create different colors?

Shining a white light through a glass prism will split the light into rainbow colours.


A block of glass tha can split white light into different colouers?

A prism?


Describe what will happen when the ray is shone at the glass block?

The light is deviated from a straight line or "bends" towards the normal on entering the glass and then away from the normal on leaving the glass. At certain angles the light undergoes dispersion - so that different wavelengths are deviated at different angles - and colours are separated - pure white light will separate into the spectrum.


Does glass block infrared light?

Yes, glass can block some infrared light, depending on the type of glass and its thickness.


Why do colors combined make white?

That is not true. If you are talking about all the colours of light in the spectrum coming from white light that is true. When white light passes through a glass prism, it causes the light to split into different colours because of the different angles at which they refract.


What happens when a ray of light is directed at a block of glass?

When a ray of light is directed at a glass block, it may be reflected. However, in most cases, refraction will take place when the ray is redirected in a different angle.